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Cathy Belgrave's avatar

So well put - thank you for this piece! Learning that all emotions are valid and supporting children (and ourselves) to be aware, have tools to move through uncomfortable emotions, and choose how we want to be.

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Suzanne Axelsson's avatar

I think if we truly want autonomous children, they need to be able to experience a full range of emotions and feel they have the support from us to be able to manage them themselves - it doesn't mean leaving them to struggle, it simply means we need to provide them with the skills to be able to manage

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Peter Kindfield, PhD's avatar

Love this piece! Suzanne ! Once again you discard dichotomy and go for synthesis . I talk a lot about setting personal boundaries with children. When we don't set personal boundaries with children, we teach them not to set personal boundaries for themselves. In this way we actually disempower our children if we always say yes to them.

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Suzanne Axelsson's avatar

I agree - I don't think society reflects deeply enough on the positives of boundaries.

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