Episode 10 – Creating Healthy Relationships with your Children
This is an amazing episode featuring my guest Cynthia Nicholson. Cynthia shares her wisdom as a licensed professional counselor. She’s spoken all over the world sharing wisdom about marriage, family, and individual health. This episode will encourage you no matter if you have kids if you’re married, if you’re young, or if you’re old. Cynthia weaves the truth that applies to all relationships while sharing practical advice on how to parent our kids as they age.
Here are just a few takeaways;
*Children are expected to obey their parents, adult children are expected to honor their parents.
*Judgment kills relationships – curiosity builds relationships.
Stages of growth
Baby – Attachment Stage
With your presence, the baby learns about confidence.
With your care, you teach them safety.
With your warmth and affection, you teach them about love.
Preschool – Learning about others
When you accept their mistakes and failures, they can learn self-worth.
When you allow exploration, they can learn independence.
With your encouraging words, they learn acceptance.
School Age- Behavior has consequences
With your confidence in them, they learn initiative.
With your forgiveness they overcome shame.
With your prayers, they learn their value.
With your guidance, they learn accomplishment.
With your encouragement, they learn to be industrious.
Adolescence a time for becoming independent
With your patience, they will open up and talk.
With your curiosity, you show interest in their lives.
With your affirmation, they become more and more self-sufficient.
With your example, they learn discipline.
