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Lael Stone - Creating Emotionally Intelligent Humans

The Imperfects

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Setting a Boundary With Calmness and Compassion

We need our children to have a voice and we need them to stand up for things when things aren't okay. How do they learn to do that in the safest environment, which is at home? Parents who are not comfortable with being challenged often punish their kids or yell at them for challenging them. And so then we hold the space for the feelings that come from that. So setting a boundary with calmness and compassion. I love to give parents a visual. Imagine that you're anchored like you're a tree and your feet are on the ground. You're solid with, you know, but your heart's really open, right? Because then you're going to be connected and you're

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