
08/29/2025
The words we use with our children matter.
Maybe you can remember the phrases told to you as a child... "you should be grateful," or "stop crying." These words often invoke pain and shame in our children.
As parents, we get the choice to be cycle breakers. Just because we may have been told things by certain adults in our lives doesn't mean we need to continue the pattern with our children.
While pain in life is unavoidable, and tough lessons are important, a child who can trust that their parent cares about them and their feelings is better set up for resiliency.