Short quotes about children growing up1/16/2024 It’s there in the middle of that rambunctious afternoon when being with your kids is stressful and taxing - you let it all go and have a dance party right there in the living room. Meaning is already there if you look for it - if you are present to see it - it’s there in your everyday moments, in the moments you connect. In “The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness,” Emily Esfahani Smith says that it is a meaningful life, rather than a happy one that leads to a true sense of well-being in life. Tiny humans need connection not perfection. We’re all imperfect parents and that’s ok. Read more about the steps to take when you lose your temper or what to say after your yell at your child here. What you do after you yell is one of the most critical things you can do as a parent. Research on attachment and interpersonal relationships shows that it isn’t about losing your temper that defines a relationship - it’s about the repair. When we do lose our temper, it often has more to do with us than with them - our triggers, our inner voice, and our emotional baggage. Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.Īs parents, we are bound to lose our cool with our kids at some point. We’re all going to be fearful, we’re going to be grumpy. Our consistent presence in their lives, the ability to say sorry when we mess up, and to just simply be there. Our kids don’t need us to be perfect Pinterest parents - they just need us, as we are. There is no such thing as a perfect parent so just be a real one. Read more about brain changes after having a child here. We are learning and growing right alongside our kids. We are not born knowing everything we know to be good parents. This is a new role and with it comes newly developed parts of our brain. When our child is born, we are born as parents. When we become a parent, our brains change. This newly developed “parental” brain is thought to help us respond to infant cues. What if we looked at those moments when we feel challenged by our kids as opportunities to grow? Research shows that there are increases in gray matter volume in the prefrontal cortex, parietal lobes, and midbrain areas in mothers postpartum. Instead of questioning the way we handle things (and feeling guilty), what if we looked at those moments as our children showing us where we need to grow-raising us up. Yet, it is that exact ability - to take a broader view - to shift your perspective, that makes all the difference in how we experience parenting and how we react or - how we consciously respond. Often when parenting is really hard it is because we are so immersed in it - the dishes, the laundry, the big unregulated emotions from our children whose brains are still growing - that it is near impossible to take a broader view. Maybe it is because while our child is growing, we are growing too - all of those transitions and change means a lot of reflection and adaptation. Parenting is perhaps one of the hardest roles we will have in our lives. Inside: 10 inspiring quotes for those really hard parenting moments to remind you to not be too hard on yourself or your child.
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