How to set healthy boundaries: Setting rules, limits and routines – these help the child to know what is expected of them. Be clear – use simple and concise language. Be consistent – it is important to make sure the boundaries are consistent, otherwise it can send mixed messages to the child and that …
I wanted to title this article “Holding our Kids”, but I opted for boundaries because the workd may be more relatable for most. But at the end of the day when I talk about boundaries, I mean how we hold our child so they understand and feel safe within their world. When I became …
Here are a few quotes that may give you some more understanding of boundaries. I will follow with another post on Boundaries for Parenting. Why do children need boundaries? They need them to reduce chaos and uncertainty in their lives and to understand respect for self and others. Children are learning, growing and changing so …
As parents, it is our natural instinct to protect our kids from being hurt. To want to help them avoid the challenges or traumas that we may have experienced in life. But what if I said this might not be the best thing for our child’s growth and learning…. And more importantly, their resilience to …
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We feel like worry as a parent is just something we need to get used to dealing with. It can become such an overwhelming practice as a parent to get caught up in continuous worry. We wake with worry about what we need to do for our kids today and we go to sleep with …
What can get in the way of having a good connection with our kids? The need to be a perfect parent. The need to be in control. Parenting unconsciously through our old programs, traumas etc. Awareness of these can help. The need for our kids to be perfect and we end up trying to fix …
Who gets caught up in this story? I want to be a perfect parent and raise amazing, kind, intelligent and resilient children. I know I do!! And we all want the best for our children. However, it is in those moments when I have become aware I’m getting lost in this story, I’m becoming …
