020: How To Affirm & Validate Your Child

Being acknowledged and validated is such a reaffirming and deeply positive experience. It is empowering and supportive. It is critical for our mental health. If you have felt this before, you know how important it is for our mental health — feeling good, accepted, and recognized.    And, it is just as significant for our children.   Not only do they get to feel this way too, but it actually goes deeper than that. Validation and acknowledgement shapes their psychological boundaries, their Sense of Self, and their Self-Esteem.    Even when we understand how important validation is, the problem we face is that we don’t quite know how to do it. Unless, once again, we have experienced it before.    Examples might be helpful, right?   I think so too, and so I made this PDF guide for you. In it, you will find many examples on how to offer acknowledgement and validation. And I also show you what the opposite of that — what a dismissive response may sound like (even when it is well intended).      Sign up here for the Emotionally Intelligent Parenting training.   Host: Julia Pappas, Psychologist & Parent Coach More info at theparentingpresence.com        

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The "parenting presence" is the inner strength and gentle wisdom available to any parent who is willing to spend time to get to know themselves. Parents who learn how their own emotional regulation works, how their needs are met, and how actions are guided by thoughts and interpretations — also discover an amazing source of influence and guidance available to them in parenting. Why? Because when parents know the rhythms of their own inner workings, they are also able to discover what makes their child tick. We have many questions when it comes to parenting and just about everywhere we turn – someone’s got the answer! But how do you tease out what really matters? The PARENTING PRESENCE framework is your guide to parenting essentials and it consists of THREE CORE ELEMENTS. It is based on simple principles of child development and incorporates deep personal values everyone holds as a parent. This is a podcast about the most essential parenting skills we need in order to raise children with confidence and intention. Isn’t it so much better to know with certainty what to do, rather than follow random advice? Exactly! Join Julia Pappas, Psychologist and Parent Coach, on the mission towards informed parenting simplicity. What to do when children have strong emotions? What if the child’s behavior is out of control? How to manage our own anger and frustration? Find answers to your burning questions and get strategies that work today and bring maximum impact for long-term sustainable relationship with your children. For show notes, downloadable parenting resources, and more information, please explore each episode.