Answering baby's
cries helps them feel safe and cared for and builds their trust in you as a parent.
Not exact matches
It is a
cry for
help from a child who is not
feeling safe.
All these little everyday stresses happen to our children all the time, and
crying helps them release that fear so they can grow in confidence, and
feel safe in the world.
Your young child needs you to respond when he
cries, to
help him
feel safe and secure.
A calm down plan
helps children know they will always have the option of a
safe way for
feelings to come up, get processed (
crying, giggles, raging, stomping) and accepted.
Holding and comforting them when they
cry will
help them
feel soothed,
safe and cared for.
It's also ok to step in and limit her behavior with throwing and hitting, a time in usually does not look picture perfect calm — in fact many children need time to process their
feelings by
crying, raging, shouting — this is age appropriate and we simply
help them stay
safe until the
feelings have been processed — then you can talk to the child about the
feelings first — their actions second.