Relational
What if your child's tantrum isn't the problem?
A toddler screams in the grocery store. Every fiber says: stop this. Distract them, give them something, do whatever it takes. But Lansbury asks a different question: what if stopping the feeling is the problem, not the feeling itself?
Let feelings be.— When we rush in to fix our child's feelings, we send an unintentional message: your emotions are too much. You need me to make them go away.
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The thinker
Respectful Parenting Advocate
Janet Lansbury is a parenting expert, author of 'No Bad Kids,' and host of the podcast 'Unruffled,' known for her RIE-based approach to raising toddlers with respect and confidence.
Based on The Real Reasons Toddlers Push Limits — Janet Lansbury, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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