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Does your caring translate into the help that your child needs?
What is actually helpful to humans when we are behaving poorly?
I’ve listed below some actions that can be extremely helpful to our children when they are thinking, saying or doing things that, deep down, they really don’t want to be doing.
In other words, when they show up in life in ways that do not serve them well.
Here’s the thing though. The actions below, need to come from the right person. For a child, the right person should be their trusted caregivers–not their peers, siblings, pets or unsafe adults.
Terrified of the dark, and terrified to ask for help
Your parenting overwhelm may have surprising roots.
When we lose our worthiness bearings
it takes time, it takes learning, and it takes togetherness
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