Praise and Building Our Child’s Positive Sense of Self

As caregivers we all want to bring up children who are well behaved. In an effort to achieve this, we redirect and correct often. If a child hears only redirections and corrections, the child can become deflated and start to feel as if she does nothing right.

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Sending Subliminal Messages of Safety and Worth

Imagine if your alarm clock were set to a radio station that played harsh, music at full blast to wake you in the morning. Your first moments of the day would send your body into fear mode. Your heart rate would increase as your muscles readied you to run or fight.  Those first moments of waking affect the tone of your morning or maybe even your day…

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