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I’ve worked with parents for over a decade, and I can always tell how it’s going based on the answer to one simple question:
“How do you handle your child’s tears?”
Introduce framework of two different mental models parents are usually operating from. Prompt listeners to ask themselves if they are generally in a mode of ‘FIGHTING or RIDING’ their child’s big emotions.
Kristin Mariella is a respectful parenting educator, speaker and other of best selling children’s book about emotions called “Sometimes I Cry, Sometimes I Laugh” she is the founder of Respectful Mom, a global platform where she educates parents and caregivers on the practices of respectful parenting through workshops and online courses. Her most popular online workshop is called Welcoming the ‘Waves of Emotions – Setting Limits with Confidence and Calm’ and has been translated into 5 languages to date. Kristin has delivered more than 250 keynote talks and parent workshops around the world and her work has been featured in publications such as Psychology Today, The Institute of Child Psychology, and Motherly.