Abigail Gewirtz
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391 appearances
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first heard Jun 2020
last heard Jun 2020
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worry about going back to school for example, or whether your trial's upset that he or she can't see his or her grandma because of COVID nineteen.
Um and the idea would be then to con conduct this convers to have this conversation
In a way and a place that enables
you to really frame it very pro positively and have your child
end end up feeling that there are things that they can do rather than feeling overwhelmed and helpless, which is so much so easy for us to feel in the wake of these huge issues.
Well, I'm so glad you said the words positive spin because I want to really make sure that what I was saying before was not
that we need to put a positive spin on scary things at all.
So I'm really glad you gave me the chance to clarify that.
Actually what you just said in terms of holding the emotions is really important.
And so when we listen to our kids
What's most important is to acknowledge, identify and validate how they're feeling.
That's most important.
Why?
Because we want our children to un understand and learn that their emotions are important signals.
So by saying to our child, you know, when and I don't
No whether you wanna give a concrete example with your fifteen year old, we can use that, but
When um a child, for example, says, I'm really scared to go outside
Uh, because I'm worried I might get
Coronavirus.
Um a parent the the opportunity to focus on the way that child's feeling allows a parent to really validate that child.
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