78 The First Step to Helping Your Child

Kids with Big Emotions Formerly Calm Nights, Strong Days

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In This Episode We Will Dive into:the crucial first step in helping children with big emotions: supporting yourself as a parent. She emphasizes the importance of self-care and personal growth in effectively supporting and role-modeling for your child.

Key Points

1. Role modeling: Children learn by observing their parents' behaviors and coping mechanisms.
2. Emotional regulation: When parents are calm and balanced, they can better manage their children's big emotions.
3. Resilience: Working on personal growth builds resilience, allowing parents to handle stress more effectively.
4. Mental clarity: Taking time for self-care provides mental space to respond thoughtfully rather than react impulsively.
5. Breaking cycles: Addressing personal traumas and patterns helps break generational cycles.
6. Improved communication: Working on personal growth leads to better communication skills with children.
7. Self-compassion: Learning to be compassionate with yourself makes it easier to extend compassion to your child.
8. Strengthened parent-child bond: Prioritizing self-care allows for deeper connections with children.

Resources Mentioned

• IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapy website and "Find a Therapist" option https://ifs-institute.com/practitioners
• Book recommendation: "Kids With Big Baffling Behaviours" by Robin Gobble
• Podcast episodes 44-52 on IFS therapy www.andiclark.com/podcast

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