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[quote=Anonymous][quote]3. Every time you are compelled to criticize your child or harp on some thing they are doing, switch the focus to yourself and ask yourself what little thing you could do to improve yourself at that moment. For example, perhaps you were drinking too much caffeine. Perhaps you should do some task you have been putting off. Perhaps you should go for a walk instead of sitting and reading a magazine and not getting exercise. Whatever. I find that adults often focus on improving their children, when really it’s their *own* lives that need some work. What’s more, this way you lead through example, which is much more convincing than mere words. If you were not thinking about all the ways your kid could act better, what would you be thinking about?[/quote]

What?  I mean, I am not a perfect person, but I turn in work (for my job) when it is due, and don't leave a giant pile of my dirty underwear and clothes for other family members to pick up.  I'm not asking for perfection, just to have school work completed and turned in, and not to impose on other members of the household by leaving the place a mess.  [/quote]

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