Next Time Your Child Is Upset, Try This Parenting Hack

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sistany as a mom, see what you think of this.
The next time your child is upset, they say, you
do this according to a child psychologist, and you will
calm them down. And that is I see you're upset
right now, I'm here for you. It's just three things.
It acknowledges their feelings, reassures them that they're not alone,

(00:22):
and creates space to calm down without feeling judgment.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
I mean, I would like that as an adult, I
do a hybrid of that.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
What do you do?

Speaker 2 (00:30):
I do acknowledge that they're upset, because I know that
that's important to acknowledge. But I'm almost more like, I
know you're upset and it really sucks, but we need
to get over it.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah, but get over yourself.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Yeah, Like I get too harsh towards the end, so
maybe I need to do that. I'm here for you.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
I mean I usually you're in a rush. She needed
to quiet down, right, and I see you're upset right now,
I'm here for you. That's what they say works almost
all the time. Today's quote for a Monday you outgrow
people when you outgrow the version of yourself that kept
them around.

Speaker 3 (01:07):
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Speaker 1 (01:11):
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