Unbelievable

Ummm.... I read a whole book today. Here are excerpts from it.

"The Whipped Parent"

"society has stripped parents of their power"

"CRAP Children Rebelling Against Parents"

"change your reactions"

"emotion is a powerful thing"

"Children today grow up with a greater needfor instant gratification than any other generation"

"the only person you can rightly control is yourself"

"expectations are dangerous"

"you can control only yourself"

"think about a recent time you were disappointed or restentful? Did you have an expectation that was not met?

"expectations and hopes are different"

"stop predicting others futures"

"you can have hopes but you can't choose for others to met them"

"expectations should be possible"

"unrealistic expectations will be unmet"

"you must be aware of your emotions before you can decide how you want to respond to them."

"you'll probably continue to make mistakes"

"unless you come right out and tell me your thoughts i'll just be a mind reader. and mind reading is dangerous business."

"to change your actions you need to change your feelings"

"you cant change your feelings until you change your thoughts"

"thoughts can be changed"

"people change their behavior becasue they are uncomfortable with it"

"when you personalize things you assume you have something to do with the other persons behavior"

"take responsibility for your own actions; noone else made you do it."

"unconditional love means that you love a person even with the faults that they have"

"if a stranger asked the people you know "does (your name) love you? " what would they say?"

"individuals that take the road less traveled are risk takers"

"kids arent disposable"

"balance"