Parenting Reflections: To Parents & Grandparents Alike.

"The most important 'nutrients' our children need are unconditional love, acceptance, and validation. The daily grind of getting out of the house on time, finishing up homework, and getting to bed at a decent hour, can put us in a place of giving conditional love, rejection, and invalidation. It is at this point that we have lost everything!"

"Overwhelming amounts of stress can cause confused and distorted thinking. When in a state of heightened stress, our perception of events is viewed from a place of self-protection where all of our resources are spent on calming our own internal state of discomfort. In this state, we are closed to relationships and are prone to show blaming and controlling behaviors, thus creating more fear within ourselves and within the environment in which we live."

"Controlling actions only teach controlling lessons."


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