Don’t “Should” on Your Kids
The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did): The million-copy selling parenting book from the Sunday Times bestselling psychotherapist
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guilt. In other words, we have a lot of influence over how our kids think about themselves and their struggles. Knowing as we do that shame is positively correlated with addiction, depression, aggression, violence, eating disorders, and suicide, and that guilt is inversely correlated with these outcomes, we naturally would want to raise children wh
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You are your child’s greatest gift in this world—or at least you can be. Choose to be your child’s champion. Choose empathy over disappointment, love over anger, self-efficacy over fixing blame, and problem-solving over punishment.
Tamara Phd Rosier • Your Brain's Not Broken
I was one of those parents rooting for their kids from the sidelines. After a match, if they lost, they would be very self-critical of how they played. Instead of chiming in and telling them how badly they played, I told them to give themselves a break. I would say things like, “Well at least you gave it your best shot. After all, you’re only fourt
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