Navigating Difficult Situations and Embracing Discomfort

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Episode 2213:

Jen of This Time of Mine.com reveals strategies for raising optimistic children, emphasizing the importance of allowing kids to experience and express negative emotions without always seeking a silver lining. She highlights the significance of developing a positive vocabulary to help children balance their natural negativity bias.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://thistimeofmine.com/raising-optimistic-kids/

Quotes to ponder:

"Encouraging children to be positive in the face of difficulties can send the inappropriate message that feeling down or anxious is abnormal."

“Just a handful of painful experiences of futility can rapidly become a sense of helplessness.”

"Sometimes, the best way to help our kids get back to feeling more optimistic is to allow them to sit in their hard feelings for a moment."

Episode references:

Hardwiring Happiness: https://www.amazon.com/Hardwiring-Happiness-Science-Contentment-Confidence/dp/0385347316

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