Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason
You didn’t ask them to bring you into the world. By making the choice to do so, they took the responsibility upon themselves to raise a healthy child, which is the mandate of all mammals who are contributing to the survival of their species. Your parents and you are not governed by any special rules that require love and affection at all cost to yo
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What then is our goal as parents? Two important things are: (i) showing unconditional love, and (ii) fostering our children’s self-esteem. The goal is that our children know they are loved and know they are capable.
Laurence Endersen • Pebbles of Perception: How a Few Good Choices Make All The Difference
The three keys to peaceful parenting:
- Regulate your own emotions:“Our ability to self-regulate might have the biggest impact on who our child turns out to be compared to anything else we do”
- Connect with your kids
- Coach instead of punishing