Coaching Really Works - with Abe Stone

Coaching Really Works - with Abe Stone


9 Things Not to Say to Your Child (or Yourself)

March 18, 2016

Have you made up your mind about what your parent's were right about and what they were wrong about? I know there are things I definitely want to do better with my children than my parents did with me.

Only, it's not always so black and white. I respect my parents for the way they raised our family. They did an awesome job with what they knew. Sometimes it helps to learn from others as well. I don't think I've got it all figured out but I feel the list below is a good reference for me and my kids.
In this Video:
00:40 - Did Your Parents Influence You This Way?
01:22 - You May Have Been Label and Held Back Like This
01:45 - Don't Get Stuck Trying to Keep Up With Others
02:10 - This One Can't Be Right
03:17 - We Believe These Things Even If They Are Wrong
03:45 - Many Adults Are Stuck Because Of This Inability
04:20 - Money Beliefs You Don't Want To Have
05:15 - Should We Be People Pleasers?
06:05 - What To Say Instead Of "Why?"
07:45 - A Shift In Energy and Outlook
07:28 - Quote from - Bob Keeshan
07:53 - Affirmation to Move You Forward
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Transcription:
It's really awesome to be able to share these things with you and I have gotten some amazing reactions from some of you through email, social media and different places.

It's really great to see how these little ideas that different ones of us get the opportunity to either experience or read about, or learn about, we can share them with each other.

And I'd like to encourage you to do the same thing too, to share these things with people that you know who probably really need them. And maybe don't have the time to read or don't have the time to watch these videos. But you can pass these things on to them and have a really great impact on their lives.
Did Your Parents Influence You This Way?
Now, speaking of great impact on people's lives, I have a topic of things you should never say to your children.

If you're not a parent, please don't go, give me a chance, okay, if you're not a parent, this is also really good for you because this is about those beliefs that you have today. And it's very likely source that this is where some of your beliefs came from.

You might see that kid in you resonating with some of these things that maybe you were told at some point.

Some of these ideas were actually given to us, passed on to us by our parents or caregivers who didn't really mean to do this in a negative way, they didn't mean to hurt you, they just didn't know better, they didn't understand how some of these things work in the long run.
9 Things You Don't Want to Say to Your Child
Alright, so here they are. Here are the nine things you don't want to say to children.
1. You Are So...
The first one is, “You are so...” whatever it might be.

“You are so messy.”

“You are so rowdy.”

“You're so beautiful.”

"You're so..." these things that put a label right on them and immediately the kid starts to identify with that label and fit into that mold that he thinks is expected from him.

2. Why Can't You Be More Like So and So?
Now this one, number two is really about comparing, and that is,

"Why can't you be more like so and so?”

Or,

“Why aren't you more like him, or her?”

And you find that as an adult, you end up doing the same thing, you do it in your business, you do it at your workplace.

"Why can't I accomplish the same way that she does?"

"Why can't I produce the same kind of content that they do?"

"Why can't I  get the same amount of clients as this person does?"

And that's something you don't want to instil in a child.
3. Good Job.
4. Good Boy/Girl.
Now, this one will probably surprise you, it really surprised me. And that is, don't say “Good job”,