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For Parents: Emotional Support v Emotional Indulgence
Maturity, as many of you already know, is the main aim Craig and I have for our children. We define maturity as having all the aspects that Daniel Goleman identified as Emotional Intelligence: persistence; delayed gratification; planning; organisation; empathy; impulse control; social deftness; motivation … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment, Self-Esteem?
Tagged behaviour, boring cuddles, child, children, communication, daniel goleman, emotion, emotional intelligence, family, kids, maturity, mindful disconnection, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, psychology, raise, school, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, stress, tantrum, understand people
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Mindful Disconnection – Another Story
We arrived home Thursday afternoon and Mr Owl (aged six) hopped out of the car and went to play up a tree in our front yard. I released Mr Butterfly (aged 21 months) from his car-seat and took my things inside. … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment, Parenting Tricks, Signs All's Well
Tagged behaviour, boundary setting, child, children, communication, emotion, family, kids, maturity, melancholic, mindful disconnection, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, psychology, raise, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, understand people
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Mindful Disconnection – A Story
Yesterday, at around 3.35pm, we began our usual walk to the bus-stop to fetch Mr Hare. Mr Butterfly was in the buggy and Mr Owl was walking beside me. After around five mintues of walking Mr Owl said, “Oh no! … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Parenting Tricks
Tagged behaviour, behaviour management, child, children, communication, emotion, family, kids, maturity, mindful disconnection, naughty, overwhelmed, owl, parenting, psychology, self-assured, self-esteem, setting boundaries, sociology, tantrum, understand people
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Parents: Free Play Matters – Mindful Disconnection – Pt Six
After all the discussion about toxic people vs great people having toxic moments in a recent post, I’m ready for something a little less heavy! (As great as it was to having everyone’s input.) While this isn’t the post I … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Home Environment, Self-Esteem?
Tagged behaviour, child, children, communication, decision making, emotion, executive function, family, free play, free range kids, free range learning, kids, learning, maturity, mindful disconnection, parenting, play, problem solving, psychology, raise, risk, risk-taking, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, temperament, understand people
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Parents Please: Connect before you use Mindful Disconnection (Sidebar to the Series)
Just a thought that came to me as I was attending yet another vomiting child in the night…Mindful Disconnection isn’t going to work unless the child knows your disconnecting. It may seem obvious, but maybe not. Example: Toddlers in playgrounds. … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Parenting Tricks
Tagged behaviour, child, child being naughty when time to leave, children, communication, education, emotion, emotional connection, how to get toddlers out of the playground, kids, maturity, mindful disconnection, naughty, parenting, psychology, raise, understand people
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When Nurturing becomes Rescuing – Mindful Disconnection – Pt Five
We all know them: the parents who constantly rescue their children. Most of us can see the results of that approach ain’t that hot. The trick of course is to know when we are nurturing our children, and when we … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Parenting Styles, Parenting Tricks
Tagged behaviour, behaviour management, boring cuddles, boundary setting, child, children, communication, discipline, drama triangle, emotion, family, karpman's triangle, maturity, mindful disconnection, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, persecutor, psychology, raise, rescuer, self-assurance, self-assured, self-esteem, sociology, temperament, understand people, victim
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Mindful Disconnection – Practical Ideas Pt Two
Mindful Disconnection is the term I give to a group of skills parents need to develop if they want their children to grow-up being able to successfully self-manage, and to cope when things don’t go their way. I wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Parenting Tricks
Tagged behaviour, child, children, communication, Diane Levy, discipline, emotion, family, five year old, four year old, getting dressed, kids, maturity, mean words, mindful disconnection, nasty talk, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, problems, psychology, raise, self-assurance, self-assured, setting boundaries, six year old, sociology, three year old, understand people
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Mindful Disconnection: Practical Ideas Pt One
In my previous post I talked about the biological need (and that’s the key, this is not my opinion) for our children to be raised in both a highly emotionally connected environment and to sometimes experience Mindful Disconnection here: Connection and … Continue reading
Posted in Boundary Setting, Parenting Tricks
Tagged baby, bedtime, behaviour, boring cuddles, boundary setting, child, children, communication, consequences, discipline, emotion, emotional brain, family, kids, maturity, mindful disconnection, naughty, overwhelmed, parenting, psychology, reconnect, self-assurance, self-assured, setting boundaries, sleep, stress, tantrum, toddler, understand people
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