I just read an article that has given me an idea. The article in the included link is about destressing. Parents of young children can certainly use a lot of destressing. Aparently jumping rope is a good way to reduce stress because it raises the level of "feel good" endorfins and the repetition of jumping relaxes your body. Laughter reduces the level of cortisol, a hormone that is responsible for stress. I think the next time my 3 year old is throwing a fit, I am going to just start to jump up and down when I feel myself getting stressed out. Provided I am correct, my son will give me a rather confused look, stand up, and start to jump with me. A few seconds later, he will think it is quite silly and start to laugh. Childrens laughter is contagious, as usualy his silliness should make me start to laugh also. Hopefuly this will destress both of us enough to stop the kicking and screaming on the floor. I would be even willing to bet he will stop it also. ;-)
Alright so I don't exactly kick and scream on the floor, but sometimes I feel like fighting with him is exactly the same thing. I will try this out and post back the results of my little experiment.
For now you can find the article that spured this experiment here courtesy of CNN.com
Icarus
2 years ago
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