If Your Parenting Feels Gentle, You’re Doing it Wrong: The Secret to Raising Emotionally Resilient Kids
Feb 14, 2024
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Learn how labeling feelings empowers kids to be emotionally resilient. Discover techniques to handle big emotions, develop emotional intelligence early on, and raise strong kids. Dive into the importance of setting boundaries while acknowledging feelings, with a special guest sharing insights on suppressing emotions. Explore creating safe spaces for emotional expression and the balance between firm boundaries and nurturing emotional competence in parenting.
Labeling children's feelings strengthens emotional resilience and promotes brain development.
Establishing boundaries and teaching coping mechanisms fosters emotional intelligence and helps children handle feelings effectively.
Deep dives
Labeling Feelings Boosts Emotional Strength in Children
By teaching children to label their feelings, they become emotionally stronger. Understanding emotions like anger, sadness, and joy activates parts of the brain that help with emotional regulation.
Balancing Firm Boundaries with Emotional Expression
Establishing clear boundaries while encouraging emotional expression allows children to feel safe while respecting limits. This approach fosters emotional intelligence and resilience.
Teaching Coping Skills Tailored to Individual Children
Teaching coping mechanisms related to specific emotions helps kids handle their feelings. Understanding what works best for each child, such as art for anger or talking for sadness, builds emotional resilience.
Modeling Emotional Regulation as a Parent
Modeling emotional regulation is crucial. Parents should demonstrate healthy expression of their own feelings to teach children how to manage theirs. Kids mirror parental behavior, so leading by example is key.
We’re busting the myth that labeling feelings means you’re creating soft or weak kids. Real talk: there’s a way to *do* the whole feelings thing and there’s a way to *not* do the whole feelings kid if you’re wanting to raise strong, capable, emotionally resilient kids. If your parenting feels gentle, permissive, or like your kids are walking all over you? Then you’re doing the whole feelings thing wrong. Not to worry bestie, we are going to unpack EXACTLY how to label feelings, create lifelong emotional intelligence, all while being the strong leader that you are. Today's episode will be so empowering, you’re going to walk away with:
EXACTLY what to do in the moment when your kid is having BIG feelings
How feelings talk early on positively affects the brain and interpersonal relationships later on in life
Hot tips backed in neuroscience to raise a truly strong kid
PLUS, bestie fan favorite VP Hype Squad, Tyler, is BACK and he’s coming in hot with how shoving down feelings has worked out for *him* and our generation of men