Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled What's Too Strict? What's Not Strict Enough?
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Oct 1, 2024 Parenting can feel like walking a tightrope. The podcast dives into the tricky balance between being too strict and too permissive. It emphasizes building trust and understanding with children while fostering their emotional needs. Strategies for discipline without punishment are highlighted, focusing on teaching life skills. The conversation also touches on navigating interactions with pets and peers, ensuring safety with preventative boundaries. Expect practical advice to create a peaceful family dynamic and support children’s emotional growth.
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Avoid Punishments
- Avoid punishments, as they create distance between parent and child.
- Instead, focus on setting boundaries while allowing children to express their feelings.
Embrace Disagreement
- Children need to feel safe expressing disagreement, even anger.
- Suppressing emotions hinders their development and trust in the parent-child relationship.
Contain, Don't Restrain
- Contain behaviors by blocking or redirecting, not by restraining.
- Restraining can escalate negative emotions and create fear.
