Hard Decisions

Simple Families

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Kids & Family, Parenting, Education For Kids

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Today we are talking about upsetting our kids. Sometimes as parents, we have to make hard decisions for our kids. Decisions they don’t like. Decisions that upset them. We are talking about feeling that tension between what your child wants you to do versus what you actually need to do. This tension can quickly turn into fear. Fear that they will whine. Fear they will be disappointed. Fear that they will cry. Maybe even fear that they will be traumatized (I hear this one a lot from you all!). Here’s where I feel like it gets confusing. We are all striving to be responsive, respectful parents. We want to honor our children’s individuality. We want to honor their choices. We want to empower them to make important decisions in their own lives. BUT…our kids don’t have fully developed reasoning skills. They can’t fully see through the implications of their decisions. They can’t always understand our rationale. They often live in the moment. The post Hard Decisions appeared first on Simple Families.

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0:28.1	games.
0:31.1	The Fear of upsetting your kid.
0:34.0	Sometimes as parents we have to make hard decisions for our kids,
0:38.0	decisions that they don't like, decisions that upset them.
0:43.0	We're talking about that tension that you feel
0:45.6	between what your child wants to do or wants from you
0:49.4	and what you actually need to do.
0:58.4	This tension can quickly turn into fear. Fear that if you have to make a hard decision they're going to whine, or they're going to be disappointed, or they might cry.
1:05.0	perhaps they might be traumatized.
1:08.0	I hear this one a lot from you all.
1:10.0	Here's where I feel like it gets confusing.
1:14.0	We're all striving to be responsive, respectful parent.
1:17.5	We want to honor our children's individuality.
1:20.0	We want to honor their choices.
1:22.0	We want to empower them to make important decisions in their own lives.
1:27.0	But our kids don't have fully developed reasoning skills.
1:31.0	They can't fully see through the implications of their decisions.
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