Itzel Orduna PhD

Whether it's bravery or anything else, children (and adults!) learn best when the experience and contexts are meaningful to them.

I love this. It’s about what feels brave to THEM; not what we want them to accomplish.
With love,
Sarah, author of “Peaceful Discipline”♥️🙏
📷Parenting Beyond Punishment AKA Amy Bryant, Wild Child Counseling, and seen first at Dr. Matt Zakreski

This. This a million times over. You did what you could with the tools, resources, and emotional capacity you had at the time. You have grown since then. ❤️
With love,
Sarah, author of "Peaceful Discipline
📷 Moms of Bigs via In-Sync Child

If we’re shutting feelings down or trying to extinguish them straight away, then there are no feelings for a child to regulate.

So we can’t expect children to learn emotional regulation without allowing and encouraging them to feel all of their feelings first…

…as much as humanly possible of course. I always try to hold space for my son’s feelings but sometimes I fail as I’m not regulated myself. That’s okay. This emotional regulation business is hard work, for adults and children both!