
When my sons were toddlers, I developed the concept of "Yes Day" to assist me in my parenting challenges. Every time they asked me a difficult question, (for example, "Can we have ice cream for lunch?", "Is it okay to use our crayons to decorate the walls?', "Can we wear our pajamas to church?"), I always had the same answer "Yes, of course!" even though the real answer to those and their many other outlandish requests was "NO, absolutely not!" Rather than repeatedly saying no to my two little darlings, I opted to instead empower them with my heartfelt and optimistic "YES!" Read More