“Children equate being loved with the reality of when we are there for them – when we really show up. But traditional methods have us showing up so much more when there are problems.
Conventional wisdom tells parents that the time to emit more energy – that is, more emotion, more facial expression, more volume, and more intense relationship – is when things are going wrong.
That’s a mistake, and a big one, because it puts our powerful parental energy to work growing more of the behaviors we actually want to see less of.
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