Category: Setting Limits

A Grandma Listens

The Daddy was trying to talk his daughter out of the tantrum, but our teacher kept gently reminding him that this was exactly what his little girl needed to do, and that she was smart to work on her feelings so vigorously.

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The Yellow Car

Our older son tore it out of his brother’s hands and said that he was playing with it.

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Helping a Child With Guilt and Fear

I sensed that she was being triggered by the memory of her sister’s serious fall. I followed her to her room, where she was hiding in the closet. I went in there to do Staylistening, but she wouldn’t look at me and wasn’t communicative.

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From Frustration to Love

This helped me gain confidence in the notion that if I supportively stayed with my daughter while she struggled with negative emotions, she would come out to the other side of them…

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Putting Limits on Fear

I was sorry she was scared, but I wanted to find a way to encourage her back into living her life without her Mommy-as-security-blanket.

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