Guest Post written by Courage Tales Team
There’s a moment many of us face as parents. Your child is overwhelmed, maybe angry, maybe crying, and you’re doing your best to stay calm, but inside you’re thinking: I don’t know what to do.
That was me, more times than I can count.
I used to believe that parenting meant fixing things. If my son was upset, I’d try to distract him, calm him down, or solve the problem fast. I thought that was being supportive. But what I’ve learned since then is that our kids don’t need us to fix their emotions, they need us to understand them, and then gently guide them toward solving problems on their own, not solve everything for them.
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