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stop moralizing your child's emotions

Stop Moralizing Your Child’s Emotions

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Our children deserve to be loved as they are, and they deserve to have the emotions and feelings they have. It’s a simple enough concept, but it’s not so simple to put into practice, it turns out. As parents, we come with our own set of preconceived ideas, and it’s challenging to meet our kids where they are.

This episode offers two ways to handle the parts of our children that challenge us. And it starts with my ridiculous quest to get my child to like speed bumps. (Face palm. You just have to listen.)

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Let’s Stop Calling Men’s Work “Help”

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We need to stop expecting men to “help” with childcare and household chores. Wait! Keep reading!  Now, you’ll remember: We got the conversation started by more correctly identifying to whom housekeeping belongs in this post: Housekeeping is an adult responsibility. It is not synonymous with motherhood. But, my friends, we need to take this conversation

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