Monday, June 23, 2014

Building Relationships and Partnering With Families - Part 1

Relationship Reflection



Personal and professional relationships are very important to me; especially when they are healthy. Healthy relationships are a very important part of well being. The strong relationships that I have are the longest relationships I have. Those strong relationships have helped me to be well and content.

I have many friends and co-workers who have become friends. In addition, I have numerous family members. However, the most positive relationships (outside of my two beautiful young children) that I have are with my husband, mother, and two sisters. The relationships that I have with those four people are simply marvelous and positive. We show each other love and respect. We stand strong as ladder holders, supporting each other's goals, visions, and dreams. We communicate without hesitation; agreeing to disagree if there is an issue. Those are the positive factors that contributed to developing and maintaining each of our relationships.

I have never had any challenges with my personal relationships. However, I have had some with my professional relationships. A challenge to developing and maintaining relationships from a professional stand point that I have learned from my experience over time is
1. Sharing personal business with professional relationships.
2. Spending time like shopping and lunch with professional friends; which crosses barriers. .
3. Getting upset when I feel I have not been respected. 

My marriage to my husband is a relationship, and more so a partnership. We do everything with respect to how the other feels. Whatever I do, I keep in mind that I have a husband and I keep my husband in mind before I do anything and he does the same for me. This keeps us in tune with respecting each other; especially in regards to decision making.

Because I show respect and support in my positive personal relationships, I can contribute to early childhood development in a positive way. I will and I do respect and support each child and their family.

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