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Why Are You Trying To Make This Go Away?

Dec 29, 2023

02:25

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This podcast discusses the importance of understanding and appreciating normal child behavior rather than trying to make children something they are not.

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Parents should acknowledge that kids will be kids and embrace their natural behaviors as part of their learning and growing process.

Instead of trying to make children behave perfectly, parents should appreciate and cherish their unique, lively behaviors as they are temporary and an important part of their journey.

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Embrace Normal Childhood Behavior

Instead of labeling children's normal behavior as misbehaving or problematic, it's essential to acknowledge that kids will be kids. Running around, making messes, and not always following the rules are all part of their learning and growing process. Rather than trying to make them behave perfectly, parents should strive to be patient, understanding, and appreciative of their natural development.

Why Are You Trying To Make This Go Away?

2min

We’ve said this before, but one of the things we need to constantly remind ourselves of as parents is that our kids are just being kids. If we’re being honest, what’s closer to an accurate description of a kid: those behaviors listed above or being a perfectly quiet, perfectly obedient, perfectly well mannered and well behaved? You know that kids do these things, you know that it’s normal, you know that it’s largely harmless, you know that they have very little control over it, that it’s all part of a process of learning and growing and figuring things out.

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