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Phrases That Allow Space for Children to Feel Their Feelings

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Fred Rogers said, “Listening is where love begins.”

As parents we sometimes think, “I’m listening. I just don’t know what comes next!”

Answer: When love begins with listening, responding with love comes next!

Parents: “But HOW?”

The answer might surprise you:

💞Acknowledging our children’s innate right to have different opinions, viewpoints, tastes, and desires than ours
💞Communicating simply and briefly our understanding of their needs
💞Compromising when and where possible
💞Being flexible and reasonable while still maintaining healthy boundaries calmly, but firmly
💞Supporting our children through their big feelings (even the ones that make us uncomfortable)
💞Providing our children with healthy ways to express negative emotions
💞Guiding our children back to peace by modeling peaceful behavior ourselves

Remember, responding with love doesn't mean always giving our children what they want. It means giving our children what they NEED — to be heard, to be seen, to be understood, to be helped through their big feelings, and to be peacefully guided back to peace.
- L.R.Knost

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