Finding Our Best Response to Children's Turbulent Emotions

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

JLML Press

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Janet responds to emails from parents who describe struggling with their children’s strong emotions. One writes that her 2-year-old rejects her comfort when he has a meltdown: “It breaks my heart, and I feel like I must be doing something wrong.” Another writes that her 7-year-old says he doesn’t feel love from his mother. Another email describes how a 3-year-old’s tantrums last all afternoon and into the evening, disrupting the rest of the family’s routine, and they “all feel trapped by a 3-year-old.” And a therapist observes that her child holds in emotions in front of family and peers. Janet identifies the common thread in all these situations and offers a hopeful answer to weather the storms. Thanks to Mack Weldon for sponsoring this episode. Check out their "Daily Wear System" and get 20% off your first order by going to www.MackWeldon.com/respect and using the promo code RESPECT. For more advice on common parenting issues, please check out Janet's best-selling books on Audible, FREE with a 30-day trial membership if you use this link: adbl.co/2OBVztZ. Paperbacks and e-books are also available at Amazon, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, or pretty much anywhere e-books are sold. Janet's exclusive audio series "Sessions" is available for download. This is a collection of recorded one-on-one consultations with parents discussing their most immediate and pressing concerns (www.SessionsAudio.com) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Janet Lansbury, welcome to Unreffled.
0:06.1	Today I'm going to be talking about one of my all-time favorite topics.
0:10.4	It's still a challenge for me after many years, and that is responding to our children's
0:16.5	emotions.
0:17.5	And the reason this is so important is that our children's emotional life is behind almost
0:24.4	everything.
0:25.4	Every challenge that we have with them and their behavior, difficulties in our relationship
0:29.8	helping our children get comfortable, which means that we have to get comfortable first
0:35.8	with the flow of emotions that they have throughout the day, is key for them to be resilient,
0:42.7	self-confident, emotionally agile people.
0:47.0	And this is a gift we can give children that so many of us didn't receive or didn't
0:52.2	receive all the way.
0:54.1	And just on a practical level, when we start to get used to trusting feelings and letting
0:59.5	them be and actually encouraging them to be, even the most uncomfortable ones, then our
1:06.1	life becomes a lot easier as parents.
1:09.4	There is less intensity in the emotions that our children express, less of the challenging
1:14.7	behavior.
1:15.7	There's more of a sense of calm.
1:18.9	Throughout the many years that I've been a parent and working with parents, I've noticed
1:24.0	that there's some common misunderstandings and confusions that get in our way.
1:30.5	And that's what I want to talk about today.
1:32.3	I want to share it from my inbox.
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