Surprising Benefits of Doing Less, Observing More, and Welcoming Feelings
Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled
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You Have a Right to Feel What You Feel
This parent acknowledges the huge task of allowing and accepting and even encouraging our child to press their feelings without putting a stop to them ourselves. And what this kind of self talk does, i'm a safe place. I won't be swayed off, coarse, controlled or angered by your feelings. It's a relationship dynamic that will carry us through our child's adulthood. You have a right to feel what you feel. Your feelings are not about me. I want to hear them. They're not mine to change. But following our instinct to try to put an to the feelings often results in more frustration and disconnection for both of us. That's the exact reason i'm here, podcasting
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