Tired of the tantrums, the constant fighting, the sick feeling in the pit of your stomach
after you've yelled at your child? You're not alone. Author Kimberley Clayton Blaine explains how emotional coaching raises healthier, happier kids and helps you get past some common parenting problems.
Do you create any of the following barriers regularly with someone you love? Do you believe that if you worked at it you could use them less often? Let's look at an example as a means of understanding the barriers and builders.
Power struggles create distance and hostility instead of closeness and trust. Learn 18 ways you can eliminate power struggles and encourage cooperation and harmony with these positive parenting tips.
When a baby finds that her signals are validated and responded to appropriately, that troubles are soothed and pleasure enhanced, she begins to sense that her feelings, expressions, of her very being, are of value and important. A baby learns that she counts for something. This is the foundation of the development of self-esteem -- a combination of who you are, how you feel about yourself, and what you think about your future potential.
When a baby finds that her signals are validated and responded to appropriately, that troubles are soothed and pleasure enhanced, she begins to sense that her feelings, expressions, of her very being, are of value and important. A baby learns that she counts for something. This is the foundation of the development of self-esteem -- a combination of who you are, how you feel about yourself, and what you think about your future potential.
Do you create any of the following barriers regularly with someone you love? Do you believe that if you worked at it you could use them less often? Let's look at an example as a means of understanding the barriers and builders.
Power struggles create distance and hostility instead of closeness and trust. Learn 18 ways you can eliminate power struggles and encourage cooperation and harmony with these positive parenting tips.
Tired of the tantrums, the constant fighting, the sick feeling in the pit of your stomach
after you've yelled at your child? You're not alone. Author Kimberley Clayton Blaine explains how emotional coaching raises healthier, happier kids and helps you get past some common parenting problems.
