An Angel Out of Tune

K guys, so these CDs are awesome! I just went on a long car-ride vacation, and listened to them over and over as my children slept. I fell further in love with Latham's Positive Parenting style. It is so awesome. If you haven't had a chance to listen to your CDs from the Celebration of Motherhoom seminar we held, do it! They rock!

The CDs came in one case. It is called An Angel Out of Tune by Glen A. Latham.

Here are a few of my thoughts about a few of the first tracks.

An Angel Out of Tune, Music intro.

This song is a little cheesy, but is good is a good reminder that our crying babies truly are angels even when they are crying. It reminded me that they can't tell us what they need, and are just doing their best to let us know they need our help.

Being safe to your children

I LOVED this track. It talked about how important it is that we remain safe to our children and spouse. We are no longer viewed as safe when we scowl, or yell or use pretty much any coercive methods of parenting (or friendship). When we are viewed as safe in our family's eyes, they want to be around us. If we are not safe, they will find others who are safe and they will gravitate toward them. I remember being a teen thinking it was so crazy that some of my friends told everything to their parents. They seemed to be so easy to talk to...now I know why, they were "safe". This track talks about how we can become more safe to our families.

A cup of honey

Latham's mother always told him "A cup of honey will attract more flies than a bucket of Gall." While we are am not trying to attract flies, we are trying to bring something much more precious closer to us, which is our family. We want those emotional ties to be stronger than strong, so our children will always know we are safe and they can come to us. We accomplish this with less time and energy by learning to be just plain nice to our family.

A stitch in time ...saves nine. If we parent right right now, life will be easier as we go along.

The awesome-ness goes on and on. Seriously ladies, listen to it, it's great. Here are the rest of the tracks in order.

It work's in Marriage, too
Mountains out of molehills
What goes around, comes around
Study & See
Just walk away
Shoot the breeze
Keeping a grip on yourself
Be good to yourself, too
As the twig is bent
The one-eyed monster at home
Sharing the word
That would work with me
That behavior is no appropriate
Disorderly conduct
Don't sweat the little things
What does it mean to comply
Time-out or Time-in, that is the question
Whose changing who?
It's worth the risk
An angel out of tune, music ending