Selina Carter, RCC

"Understanding a bit about how kids perceive the world in each phase of their development helps you deliver information about it in the most age-appropriate way. Of course, every child brings his or her own sensitivities, temperament, experience and other individual traits to any conversation. So use your best judgment as to how your child tends to takes in information to determine how deep to go."

How to talk about difficult topics with your children: An age-by-age guide For 2-year-olds to teenagers.

"A parenting mantra to tuck in your pocket:

So many problems can be avoided if we respond with L.O.V.E. instead of reacting in haste…

💞Listen - “I hear you.”
💞Observe - “I see you.”
💞Validate - “I accept you.”
💞Empathize - “I understand you.”

Found on L.R.Knost - Little Hearts/Gentle Parenting Resources

Children are whole people.
They are separate individuals.
They are humans with problems
and plans and goals and opinions
and preferences and interests
and wants and needs and feelings
and good days and bad days and ideas
and anxieties and hopes and fears
and dreams and disappointments that are
just
as
valid
as
ours.
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Give them space to grow and explore.
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Help them if and when they ask for help.
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Encourage them when they struggle.
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Support them when they fail.
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And guide them gently
when they get off course.
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Love is the answer
to every question,
every problem,
every challenge.
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Love is always the answer.
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That is the heart of peaceful,
gentle, respectful parenting.
- L.R.Knost

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A parenting mantra to tuck in your pocket:

So many problems can be avoided if we respond with L.O.V.E. instead of reacting in haste…

💞Listen - “I hear you.”
💞Observe - “I see you.”
💞Validate - “I accept you.”
💞Empathize - “I understand you.”

Remember, a need met is a problem solved. Responding with love restores peace — to your relationship, to your child, and to yourself.
-L.R.Knost
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🌻Peaceful parenting resources: http://t.co/T8goym3P6Z
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