The majority of people would love to control and predict people and events around them. Needless to say, things cannot be controlled and outcomes cannot be so easily foreseen. And this is the adults we are talking about. But what about the kids and their sense of control? Well, for a start, years and years …
Yelling, shaming, blaming, and spanking is all punishment-based way to discipline a child. The results are visible in a short term, we do see compliance but in a long run, it will cause a child to be a people-pleaser, it will create in a child resentment towards his caregivers, and a child will doubt himself …
Have you been in a situation where you are desperately trying to change your child’s behaviour but the more you try to “fix” things the more you realize that you are just spinning in circles? The reason is simple: kids know they did something bad and they feel bad about it. We criticize, and they …
All the things around you, the people you hang out with and interact, the things that you read, the movies you watch and the music you listen to, is shaping who you are. Our brains are like sponges, taking in all the things we experience with our senses. Our thoughts are shaped by these factors, …
I absolutely love Dr Becky Kennedy’s work, and as I was going through my old notebooks I found some words I would love to share. ” When you see other’s feelings as theirs and not your own, you establish that the two of you are separate which is what boundaries are all about. The only …