I have a confession to make. I don’t think parents need as much guidance in their parenting skills as they think they do. What they really need is reassurance and support in becoming more confident in their parenting. I wrote a lot this week about the emotional experience of being a parent and relating to […]
10 years ago
Emotions can be contagious, especially those expressed vividly by our loved ones. When it comes to difficult emotions, like anger, sadness, frustration, anxiety, the infectious nature of them makes things more difficult. Good judgement can be quickly overridden by two (or more) people caught in the emotional circle. If the first person experiencing difficult emotions is […]
10 years ago
Back in Poland, where I come from, couples preparing to get married in Catholic Church attend a set of classes about marriage and family. A close relative got married last summer and approaching Christmas, the new couple faced the dilemma: which of their parents should they spend Christmas Eve dinner (the most important Polish celebration) […]
10 years ago
It’s very understandable to feel anxious about the arrival of a new baby. Life is going to change drastically. It’s a different and personal experience for everyone, but we can say in general that, around this special moment in life, very strong feelings come out to play and anxiety is often among the strongest. Some […]
10 years ago
How we parent our children is strongly influenced by our childhood experiences. Our parents become role models (for good and bad) for our own parenting. Some of us might hate the way our parents treated us in certain situations, or we may have bad memories of childhood in general. We promise ourselves that we won’t […]
10 years ago
Welcoming a new baby means becoming responsible for every aspect of someone else’s life. With this experience comes a variety of emotions; from now on, parenting means operating in highly emotional circumstances and we need to learn how to manage our reactions to what is happening with our child. Our parenting strategies might be partially a conscious […]
10 years ago