Right now my plan consists of a walk on the beach, staying in my pjs as long as possible, and letting people briefly feel all their feelings before distracting them with Elf and overly buttered popcorn. There will be very few instances when everyone is happy at the same time – which may...
can find more information on addressing this type of behavior in our articles https://www.empoweringparents.com/article/is-your-defiant-child-damaging-or-destroying-property/ and https://www.empoweringparents.com/article/signs-of-parental-abuse-what-to-do-when-your-child-or-teen-hits-you/. I ...
A) They can understand pretty well what they see on the screen. B) They can learn on their own without much parental guidance. C) They can make use of educational videos to develop digital literacy. D) They can relate what they learn on the screen to real life situations. Part I...
It’s hard because being the caregiver. That’s your main focus. And you don’t really think about yourself very much. You really don’t because when you’re watching a loved one you push your feelings aside because you want them taken care of and you want to make sure they have ever...
referred to being shut down, or shouted at, and some just didn't even consider bringing it up at all. Deirdre spoke about thinking that if something was difficult or hard to talk about, it was just ignored. She recalls that as she had no guidance, she had to do it all on her own...
to be successful in your career, to marry, to have children…and the list goes on and on. Parental pressures are much like a fish net surrounding your entire life. How cramped the space feels to you depends on your emotional makeup, your feelings about your parents, and how tigh...
(Yes, it sounds like you are confusing “feelings with behaviors”.) And, ironically, this parental patience and acceptance is the way to raise children who are NOT easily and constantly overwhelmed, do not have extended crying jags, and do not use meltdowns to manipulate. Those things can...
Oh, I almost forgot… Keep the honest dialogue going and acknowledge all her feelings… “You aren’t comfy. You want to get up and go. You’re having a hard time staying still while I wipe you, but I need to do it”, etc. ...
we tell them they're messing up. It's hard to learn when we actually mean be honest and when we really mean don't be honest, if it's going to hurt someone's feelings. The instruction that at times it's appropriate to place friendship or the larger group ahead of being right might...
Children made sense of these evolving desires and experiences of bodily pleasure in a variety of ways. They often know them only to be pleasurable, and see nothing wrong with them. Adults often have a more conflicted mix of feelings about sexuality, gender, and their bodies. They may exper...