Discover Conscious & Intuitive Parenting
Anxiety is part of our survival instinct. When faced with a threatening situation, our brains and bodies respond by kicking into safety mode. Our adrenalin starts pumping, which helps us get ready to escape the danger.
Fearful and anxious behaviour can be common in children – especially as they come across a new situation and/or experience. Most children will learn to cope with their different fears and worries.
However, they may need a little extra support when:
We made a concious decision as parents to try our best to not put our children in a ‘box,’ starting with “artificial praise” such as ‘good girl! You’ve put all of your toys away!’ We truly believed that by doing so we would be (unintentionally) creating a high standard for our children to be ‘good’ all of the time which then inevitably leads to ‘perfectionism’ & frustration.
“With mindfulness we are more aware of who are children are and we are more able to free them from any pressures to fulfil unrealistic expectations” – Sarah Napthali- Buddhism for mothers –
“in the Western world we focus far too much on achievement. Parenting is not about achieving and it is not about ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. Instead we can think of parenting as an almost endless series of opportunities to shift our thinking & our behavior to bring about a change in our operating paradigm; our way of viewing the world.” – Dr Bob Jacobs, author of ‘Perfect Parents, Perfect Children’
Your children will become who you are; so be who you want them to be – anonymous –