In today’s episode, we talk about what everyone guilty of over-involved parenting wants to know. If we’re not meant to fix the problem or behavior, what are we supposed to do?
Show Notes
Did you know studies show that over-involved parenting is associated with anxiety, depression, life dissatisfaction, and emotional dysregulation? In today’s episode, we talk about what everyone guilty of over-involved parenting wants to know. If we’re not meant to fix the problem or behavior, what are we supposed to do?
This episode's takeaways:
- Influence. The biggest shift happens when we switch from a manager role to an advisor. Instead of giving directions, ask questions and provide emotional support.
- Relationship. Focus on being present in your child’s discomfort they may be experiencing without taking it away. Your child is like a kite in the wind; you are the person on the ground holding the string.
- Truth without a relationship leads to rejection. Rules without relationships lead to rebellion. Discipline without a relationship leads to anger and resentment. Focus on the relationship, not the behavior.
- Stay consistent with discipline.
- Immediate consequences, short-term, remain loving when giving discipline.
- Non-emotional parenting.
- Show up mature, loving, and consistent. Modeling what the behavior looks like.
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