Parenting is meant to protect & prepare our children to strive & thrive in the world we live in.
Child's
Mistaken Parental
Approach: Need: Approach:
Undue attention Contact & Belonging Offer Contact Freely
Seeking
Rebellion Power Teach children to
Controlling contribute
Revenge Protection Assertiveness & Forgiveness
(How do we teach this? - model it, encourage it & accept it.)
Undue Avoidance Withdrawal Take a break & Come back
Undue Risk Taking Challenge Model & encourage skill building
Parenting is not just for children.
Parents:
*develop divine attributes
*learn how to understand children
*have a better understanding of God
*provides order to our lives
*facilitates Maturation
Children:
*individual needs
*support system
*fill attachment needs
*growth focus
*inter-generational connections
Parents can change the world.
Marianne Williamson
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
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