#40 - Do You Say "Be Careful" to Your Kids Too Often?

A Dad's Path

Will Braunstein

Parenting, Kids & Family

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Do you say "be careful" to your kids too much? The term became an almost automatic response to my kids' behavior. But it's not a healthy term to overuse, even if its idea is correct! Today we explore some other ideas on what to say when keeping your kids safe but not limiting their sense of adventure.

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0:31.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of a Dad's Path podcast.
0:34.8	I'm Will Bronsteen.
0:35.8	Today we're going to talk about phrases you can use instead of be careful.
0:40.6	For me, be careful of becoming almost automatic response to my kids' behavior, so I recognize
0:45.2	not a healthy term to overuse.
0:47.2	I was overusing it.
0:48.2	There are a couple of reasons why you don't want to overuse that term.
0:51.0	First is we don't want to turn our kids into warriors, right?
0:53.8	We keep overusing this gentle warning.
0:55.9	We have the potential to hinder our kids' confidence and their exploration.
0:59.2	If we keep continually saying the terms, next, we don't want to turn to warriors ourselves,
1:03.2	right?
1:04.2	If you're saying be careful, be careful.
1:05.4	You're thinking at the same time your brain is in fear mode, right?
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