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Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

When Children Ask About Death (or Other Heavy Topics)

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

JLML Press

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The mother of an almost-4-year-old asks Janet if she’s responding appropriately to her daughter’s recent questions about death. She is trying to be open and honest and respectful of her daughter’s feelings, but she also doesn’t want her to “think or worry more about this than she should… I want her to be happy and not be scared of dying so much.” For more on other common parenting issues, please check out Janet's new audio series SESSIONS, her recorded consultations with parents discussing their most immediate and pressing concerns: SessionsAudio.com Our Sponsors:* Check out BabyQuip and use my code UNRUFFLED for a great deal: http://www.babyquip.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, before we begin, I just want to remind you to please check out my new

0:07.6

No Bad Kids Master course.

0:09.6

You can find out all about it at nobadkidscourse.com.

0:14.5

Hi, this is Janet Landsbury and welcome to Unruffold.

0:21.7

This week I'm responding to a comment I received on one of my posts on my website.

0:26.6

The post is called Teaching Our Children About Love and Loss.

0:31.4

And this mother posted a comment about her almost four year old who's recently started

0:36.1

asking a lot of questions about death.

0:38.5

And the mother's wondering what I thought about the way that she's handling this situation.

0:44.4

Parenting can be physically and mentally exhausting.

0:50.4

It's all consuming, right?

0:52.5

Yes, we love this work.

0:54.3

But we're always on call, we can so much, we really have a moment to think about our own

0:59.0

well-being.

1:00.3

Most of the time we're making it up as we go along.

1:03.2

There's no road map, so we have to set our own boundaries to find balance in our lives.

1:08.8

If you're feeling overwhelmed, therapy can help.

1:12.2

I've used therapy from time to time and it's allowed me to take a step back, regain some

1:17.3

clarity and confidence, and eventually become a better version of myself.

1:21.9

If you're thinking of starting therapy, give better help, but try.

1:25.8

It's entirely online, video, phone, live chat, even text messaging.

1:30.9

Just fill out a short questionnaire to get matched with a licensed therapist.

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