Tough Love is a must...

Tough Love is a teaching tool that Warrior Caregivers utilize when
providing care to loved ones.

Tough Love involves:
* Separating yourself from the one receiving care
* Giving direction rather than solutions
* Providing guidance to complete the task
* Requires a strong will and patience to succeed
* Changing the behaviour by ignoring the negative
* Celebrating the achievements and acknowledging the miracles

Warrior Caregivers will not:
* Feel sorry for the one they are teaching
* Complete the task for the one they are giving care to
* Give in to frustration and anger that may happen while a solution
is being sought
* Acknowledge negative or unacceptable behaviour
* React to criticism from the ones they are teaching

Warrior Caregivers are able to separate themselves from the one
receiving the care even though they love these individuals.
Their love for the person receiving the care does not change.
They are able to be tough while helping those they love to reach
their goals.

Warrior caregivers will give direction to the one they are caring
for so that the ones receiving the care can find their own solution
to the problem. This may involve some frustration on the part of
the one being taught. However the outcome is far more positive when
the tough love principles are applied.

Warrior caregivers provide guidance to complete the task. They let
those being cared for find improvised ways to complete the tasks
rather than choosing the easy way and doing it for them. This guidance
gives the one receiving care the confidence to move forward and succeed.

Warrior caregivers must have a strong will with determination and
patience to teach with tough love. They must hold firm on providing
guidance to reach the solution rather than completing the task for
the one learning.

Warrior caregivers will only acknowledge the person when any unacceptable
behaviour stops as long as the one being cared for is not in danger of
hurting themselves. They will only allow positive behaviour from the one
receiving the care to overtake the situation.

Warrior caregivers provide guidance and will celebrate the achievements
even if the achievements appear small to the outsider. Warrior caregivers
encourage the person they are caring for to contribute to finding the
solution to the task at hand.

Warrior caregivers acknowledge the achievements and celebrate the miracles
when they happen. Tough love teaching allows the caregivers to witness
these miracles firsthand and to build confidence in the ones receiving
care for their accomplishments.

To some the tough love concept sounds too harsh. However, the joy that is
achieved by those that are given tough love teaching makes the determination
and frustrations all worth the pain.

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