32 min
Fostering resiliency in our children so that they know they can do hard things | #27 Lazy Parenting with Stephanie Kennedy
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We are in a hard season.
There is no doubt about it.
And, depending on where you are living --- the uncertainty of the election happening right now in the US is just one more pile of bricks loaded onto your back making the weight of motherhood, parenting, living…that much harder.
I talk often about how we as the parents HAVE TO work on ourselves so that we can become the best, the strongest, the most resilient version of ourselves so that we can be the model to which our children look.
The fear and uncertainty that COVID and the political unrest has brought into our communities and our families are real. As parents, our instinct is always to protect and mitigate, minimize the suffering our children go through. It’s no difference in this case.
But, we can’t control the world’s events. We can’t control our neighbors' tweets and social media posts. We can’t control the canceling of our children’s sports and activities, we can’t control the inevitable disruption all these things are having on our children’s lives.
BUT, we CAN control the lens through which they view these disruptions. We CAN control OUR reaction to them. We can control our feelings and actions and work towards strengthening our relationships. We CAN help our children build RESILIENCE and the ability to see this time and these challenges as things that we will all get through. Like our grandparents have said, “this too shall pass”.
I believe the best way to help our children through these times is to help shape the way these lessons are learned. To do this, we have to INTENTIONALLY manage our own feelings and actions knowing that they are what our children are seeing. They are looking to us to see how they should be feeling.
In today’s episode, we will work through some of the feelings you may be having right now like:
“I feel like I’m failing”
“I don’t know how to handle how I feel”
“My mind feels out of control”
“I keep thinking about the worst-case scenario”
“I can’t do everything”
“Will things ever go back to normal”
All of these feelings are NORMAL.
What I hope to help you with, in today’s episode, is in developing a new mindset/lens through which you view these feelings and some tips and tricks on how you can work towards understanding these feelings and ensuring that OUR feelings as parents, don’t get passed onto our children without thought and care.
LINKS FROM TODAY'S EPISODE:
Visit the Lazy Parenting BLOG HERE
Join our #lazyparenting community on IG HERE
Join our #lazyparenting community of FacebooK HERE
Follow Stephanie Kennedy on IG HERE
SIGN UP FOR THE LAZY PARENTING WEEKLY NEWSLETTER HERE
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lazy-parenting/message
We are in a hard season.
There is no doubt about it.
And, depending on where you are living --- the uncertainty of the election happening right now in the US is just one more pile of bricks loaded onto your back making the weight of motherhood, parenting, living…that much harder.
I talk often about how we as the parents HAVE TO work on ourselves so that we can become the best, the strongest, the most resilient version of ourselves so that we can be the model to which our children look.
The fear and uncertainty that COVID and the political unrest has brought into our communities and our families are real. As parents, our instinct is always to protect and mitigate, minimize the suffering our children go through. It’s no difference in this case.
But, we can’t control the world’s events. We can’t control our neighbors' tweets and social media posts. We can’t control the canceling of our children’s sports and activities, we can’t control the inevitable disruption all these things are having on our children’s lives.
BUT, we CAN control the lens through which they view these disruptions. We CAN control OUR reaction to them. We can control our feelings and actions and work towards strengthening our relationships. We CAN help our children build RESILIENCE and the ability to see this time and these challenges as things that we will all get through. Like our grandparents have said, “this too shall pass”.
I believe the best way to help our children through these times is to help shape the way these lessons are learned. To do this, we have to INTENTIONALLY manage our own feelings and actions knowing that they are what our children are seeing. They are looking to us to see how they should be feeling.
In today’s episode, we will work through some of the feelings you may be having right now like:
“I feel like I’m failing”
“I don’t know how to handle how I feel”
“My mind feels out of control”
“I keep thinking about the worst-case scenario”
“I can’t do everything”
“Will things ever go back to normal”
All of these feelings are NORMAL.
What I hope to help you with, in today’s episode, is in developing a new mindset/lens through which you view these feelings and some tips and tricks on how you can work towards understanding these feelings and ensuring that OUR feelings as parents, don’t get passed onto our children without thought and care.
LINKS FROM TODAY'S EPISODE:
Visit the Lazy Parenting BLOG HERE
Join our #lazyparenting community on IG HERE
Join our #lazyparenting community of FacebooK HERE
Follow Stephanie Kennedy on IG HERE
SIGN UP FOR THE LAZY PARENTING WEEKLY NEWSLETTER HERE
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lazy-parenting/message
32 min