Breaking promises and reducing our trust.


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  Nothing bothers me more than a broken promise made by parents. Probably because I suffered a lot with that in the past. My parents were the king of broken promises and lies. Because of that, I always prefer to be as frank as possible with my kids, instead of saying that we will do something, but not at that current moment, I just prefer saying that we won't. Or at least say "Not now, maybe next time". I think it hurts more thinking that something will happen and in the end nothing happens than receiving the reality that the chances of that happening are low or 0. But have I broken any promise?


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  I broke promises for sure, I don't remember the occasion, but it was associated with a memory fail. It is difficult to be a computer-like person and not fail. But still, I have a good reputation for not breaking promises or lying to my kids. Unless it is a type of joke to make fun of them, like "hey, look at the flying sandwich!". I try my best to have a frank chat with my kid instead of inventing apologies or saying that we are going to do that one day.

  Why I do that? I am still waiting for the Disney trip that my parents promised when I was a young kid. Interesting that you, if you talk with them, they said they never had this discussion with me in the past, haha. I would have appreciated it more if they had talked to me, saying that they didn't have the economic conditions to support a trip like or whatever the reason, maybe they just didn't want to go? My parents never enjoyed much to support kids' activities when my brother and I were young.

  Nowadays, my wife loves to break promises. Sometimes I know that she is making impossible promises for our kids, and I told her not to do that. They will grow less trusting of her, like I did with my parents. I try to fix most of the time by talking with them after, saying that, despite what mom said, it is a hard thing to happen, we will need to check later if it is really possible to happen.


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  In my point of view, the more realistic promises that we make, we have less chances to disappoint someone, in addition, we need to be frank. Usually, we make promises knowing already that they won't be able to happen. And every time that we break promises, kids will trust us less for the things we say. Trust is a mutual bond and for sure, I want to get stronger with time rather than weaker. I want my kids to trust me and also share with me the challenges and happiness of life. The more we are realistic with our talk, the more they will trust in what we say to them.


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  Nada me incomoda mais do que uma promessa quebrada feita pelos meus pais. Provavelmente porque sofri muito com isso no passado. Meus pais eram os reis das promessas quebradas e das mentiras. Por isso, prefiro sempre ser o mais franca possível com meus filhos, em vez de dizer que faremos algo, mas não naquele momento, prefiro apenas dizer que não faremos. Ou pelo menos dizer "Agora não, talvez na próxima". Acho que dói mais pensar que algo vai acontecer e no final nada acontecer do que aceitar a realidade de que as chances disso acontecer são baixas ou nulas. Mas será que quebrei alguma promessa?


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  Com certeza quebrei promessas, não me lembro da ocasião, mas foi por causa de uma falha de memória. É difícil ser uma pessoa que usa computadores e não falhar. Mesmo assim, tenho uma boa reputação por não quebrar promessas nem mentir para meus filhos. A menos que seja algum tipo de brincadeira para tirar sarro deles, tipo "ei, olha o sanduíche voador!". Tento ao máximo ter uma conversa franca com meu filho em vez de inventar desculpas ou dizer que faremos isso um dia.

  Por que faço isso? Ainda estou esperando a viagem para a Disney que meus pais prometeram quando eu era criança. Interessante que você, se conversar com eles, verá que nunca tiveram essa discussão comigo antes, haha. Eu teria apreciado mais se eles tivessem conversado comigo, dizendo que não tinham condições financeiras para bancar uma viagem como aquela, ou qualquer que fosse o motivo, talvez simplesmente não quisessem ir. Meus pais nunca gostaram muito de apoiar as atividades das crianças quando meu irmão e eu éramos pequenos.

  Hoje em dia, minha esposa adora quebrar promessas. Às vezes, sei que ela está fazendo promessas impossíveis para os nossos filhos, e eu disse a ela para não fazer isso. Eles vão perder a confiança nela, como eu fiz com meus pais. Na maioria das vezes, tento resolver isso conversando com eles depois, dizendo que, apesar do que a mãe disse, é algo difícil de acontecer e que precisaremos verificar mais tarde se é realmente possível.


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  Na minha opinião, quanto mais promessas realistas fizermos, menos chances teremos de decepcionar alguém. Além disso, precisamos ser francos. Normalmente, fazemos promessas sabendo que elas não se cumprirão. E cada vez que quebramos promessas, as crianças confiam menos em nós pelo que dizemos. A confiança é um vínculo mútuo e, com certeza, quero que ela se fortaleça com o tempo, em vez de enfraquecer. Quero que meus filhos confiem em mim e também compartilhem comigo os desafios e as alegrias da vida. Quanto mais realistas formos com nossas palavras, mais eles confiarão no que lhes dizemos.


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Yeah, even if he's just 4 years I already try not to tell him lies or false promises, I'll just say "maybe next time" or some like that, because he's still too young to understand money and such even tough I briefly explained it... There will already be enough arguments when will be a teenager, let's not sum up also broken promises

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that's the thing I think that everytime that you break a promise it starts to sum, and it explodes when they are older.

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I try to make promises only on what is available that I can afford. Sometimes however, it beats my imagination how some of the promises I made, believing that would be easily fulfilled would end up not workable.
Sometimes too, I felt like I have betrayed the trust of whomever I made a promise to but not able to redeem.

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Everytime that we break a promise we lost credibility...if we do that it is difficult to reconquer it!

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I think I very well love and agree with you.

Better than making empty promises, it's just best to be frank and say things like...not now, maybe next time, not a promise but I would see what I can do....

Thanks for sharing.
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even if we are dealing with young beings like kids , we need to be careful when making empty promises! thanks to stopping by!

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Exactly...

Very much welcome.
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