Help me be super mom!

The fact that you recognize your flaws and want to improve on them tells me that you are already a super mom. No one is perfect. Even super moms have moments and lose their patience sometimes. The best thing for me to do when that happens is to take a break. Even if it's 2 minutes in the bathroom. Just long enough to take a deep breath, pull myself together and remember my resolve to not lose patience. If your children are asking why all the time, that is a good thing. They want to learn. Encourage that. Instead of just answering their questions, show them how to find the answers on their own. Help them look things up in the dictionary, encyclopedia, or any other books or references you have available. Or tell them 'I don't know why. What do you think?' That may get them thinking and analyzing instead of just asking why. They will be trying to come up with answers on their own. Offer silly suggestions sometimes, to keep their creativity and sense of humor active. Just remember, don't be too hard on yourself. You are human, and humans aren't perfect. We shouldn't expect ourselves to be perfect. Making mistakes are good opportunities to teach our children. If you yelled and feel bad about it, tell your child. Say 'I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that.' You are modeling an appropriate way to react when you've made a mistake and it will go a long way in showing your child the right way to respond if he ever does something similar. Take a negative and turn it into a positive.