When friends and relatives ignore this tragedy (as many do, because «we didn't want to bring it up for fear of making them sad»), the grieving
parents feel hurt and abandoned.»
Not exact matches
If
parents always «step in to solve misunderstandings and soothe
hurt feelings,» kids won't learn «how to cope with and resolve conflicts without our intervention,» Lythcott - Haims cautions.
If you've ever
felt that being a stay - at - home
parent or having off - ramped to care for your kids is
hurting your chances of getting hired, you might be right.
Since
parents naturally have mixed
feelings about losing their offspring's dependency, they may foster this unwittingly, not recognizing that it is
hurting the marriage.
The
parent who makes a confidant of the child because there is not a good spouse relationship in which
feelings can be expressed is
hurting the child.
Now that he is more able to put his
feelings into words, is he free, from his
parents» point of view, to share with them the
hurts and joys and frustrations which he is bound to experience in the outside world?
A common theme was that kids that age
felt disconnected from their friends and other kids or were being bullied or
hurt or failing classes, and they couldn't tell their
parents.
Some examples from my own
parenting: I wouldn't let other adults kiss my kids unless my kids allowed it; when another adult said something unkind to my daughter, I encouraged my daughter to let the adult know it
hurt her
feelings; and I have «educated» clerks who have scared or come on to my daughters.
Thinking that either of my
parents felt relieved for time without me
hurts.
While the colic crying alone can not
hurt your healthy baby, the stress of managing colic takes an enormous toll on
parents who
feel demoralized and incompetent when faced with inconsolable crying.
And they were exposed to
parents who were also narcicistic, or had character problems, and if we can get them in touch with their
feelings about how they were raised, then sometimes the empathy can increase and that's a much more workable person to be intimate with, but without empathy, it's hard to really extend your trust to somebody because it's always the risk that even if they don't intend to
hurt you, they will miss the signals that they are going to
hurt you.
They might «farm out» their parental responsibilities to the other
parent in a «good cop bad cop» way and be oblivious to what they say to the child and how much they
hurt their
feelings.
«If
parents don't accept the
hurt their child is
feeling, they can't help their child overcome it.»
Reassures Henry that he can tell his
parents how he
feels and get help, so he isn't left on his own in his struggle to control himself so he doesn't
hurt his sister.
They might worry that one
parent may
feel especially sad or
hurt because of being yelled at by the other
parent.
Susan describes her
parenting style as a little tough love: «I'm a little lack of, «Oh, I think I might
hurt their
feelings.»
(Many adult adoptees say they had these thoughts but
felt afraid or unwelcome to share these somewhat scary and unsettling thoughts with their adoptive families because they did not want to
hurt their adoptive
parents and / or seem disloyal. -RCB-
Between
Parent and Child by Dr. Haim Ginott Based on the theory that
parenting is a skill that can be learned, this indispensable handbook will show you how to: • Discipline without threats, bribes, sarcasm, and punishment • Criticize without demeaning, praise without judging, and express anger without
hurting • Acknowledge rather than argue with children's
feelings, perceptions, and opinions • Respond so that children will learn to trust and develop self - confidence
Parents are then able to validate their child's
feelings: «you must have been so mad» or «I understand why that
hurt your
feelings.»
No tactic is perfect: Some
parents feel that mandatory reports
hurt kids»
feelings by labeling them; others think food bans are unfair.
It's really easy to get sidetracked in
parenting by something your child says or does that could easily
hurt your
feelings.
For a long time I posted all my pics with my
parents in them privately so I wouldn't
hurt MIL's
feelings.
In his book When
Parents Hurt, Dr. Coleman writes, «Mothers who
feel wronged in the marriage or divorce, who believe that mothers are more important than fathers, or who have psychological problems may directly or indirectly interfere with the father's desire to have an ongoing relationship with his children.»
We as
parents do not need to rescue our children from their mistakes or
hurt feelings.
While they could demand mature behavior, prohibit undesirable behavior, and obtain compliance, they more frequently indulge their children or rely on psychological manipulation by bribing, withdrawing love, or making the child
feel guilty for
hurting parent.
Sometimes
feelings got
hurt, and the
parent of that child usually told them to grow up, it's only words, get over it, and get your ass back out there.
Even though children are clearly
hurt and affected by their
parent's infidelity, your narrative can be very confusing to a child, who may then be confused about their other
parent's
feelings towards them.
When I was a girl, my
parents told me to be nice, always smile, and never
hurt anyone's
feelings.
They don't want to contradict or argue with that
parent but it
hurts them to hear bad things about someone they love and they may
feel guilty if they don't defend the other one.
A
parent's
hurt feelings are preferable to a child going into anaphylactic shock.
Those who have attended my «Healing the
Feeling Child» workshop and learned how children (and adults) heal their emotional
hurts by discharging or releasing the
hurts through laughter, tears, and tantrums will really appreciate all the ways that Playful
Parenting addresses and supports that process.
Sometimes when
parents are
feeling angry or
hurt with each other, they may try to pressure you into taking their side or being just as angry as they are.
However, is it true that ALL kids experience anger, sadness,
hurt, etc. these are all NORMAL
feelings, and it is our job as
parents to help kids process them, make sense of them, and also to help them calm down when experiencing these emotions.
Shortly thereafter I started seeing the
hurt and anger from mothers who
felt like their
parenting was being called into question.
Parent: «That sounds like it
hurt your
feelings.
Most of us don't begin
parenting with the understanding that our children have their own innate way to recover from
hurt feelings, fears, and overwhelming experiences.
In the video - game scenario above,
parenting experts recommend just letting them be — even if someone might get his
feelings hurt.
I know countless adoptees who struggle with wanting to bring their adoptive
parents IN to their inner turmoil, but are extremely concerned that their efforts will be misconstrued,
feelings will be
hurt — or worse.
Now a days
parents don't want to
hurt their children's
feelings by allowing them to be disappointed let alone punish them in a physical way.
I love the way we and our son's birth
parents can agree to disagree about things without worrying about
hurting each other's
feelings or keeping our opinions to ourselves, just like any other family.
However, many first - time
parents worry about
hurting their newborn and
feel especially nervous when this is baby's first bath.If that is the case, all you have to do is educate yourself about when you should give your baby a bath and how.
It made me
feel better that they had a
parent with them in case they got sick or
hurt.
I know nobody wants to ask the hard questions, because they're uncomfortable and sometimes they
hurt people's
feelings, but I'll ask it here — where are the
parents and families of these group home residents?
Another benefit to unstructured play is that
parents aren't there to «rescue» a child any time he or she gets his
feelings hurt.
I wish I could just switch off my
feelings and didn't tell my
parents because it
hurts that they care more than he does right now and didn't buy that stupid phone I don't use for anything else.
After all, kids look to their
parents as a guide for how they react to situations: if they see you tense and stressed about a partner they will pick up similar
feelings towards them and even resent them for
hurting Mum or Dad.
As an adult, not wanting to
hurt his adoptive
parents»
feelings, Saroo (Dev Patel) suppresses his past, his emotional need for reunification and his hope of ever finding his lost mother and brother.
Eleanor has hopes that living with her aloof, academic
parents (well - played by William
Hurt and Isabelle Huppert) will allow her to heal and reinvent herself in private, but instead she finds herself constantly under scrutiny, and questioning herself whenever she
feels too happy or too blue.
We calmly take every punch that angry
parents tend to throw, And love their children anyway; our
hurt feelings never show.