Since the day my little boy was born I’ve been panic stricken that I’m going to mess it all up in some major way and he’s going to end up being an anxious/stressy mess like I am quite a lot of the time (the irony).
He’s nearly 3 and bright as a button (more so than I was ready for at this age!) so I feel like this is a huge point in his life where he’s really starting to understand everything and question everything (I’m getting lots of “why are you doing that mummy?”) and sometimes I hear myself speak and I think that it’s not very child friendly or perhaps I could word things better to help him understand.
I’m quite good at expressing my feelings and talking openly but I’m always hearing about being “emotionally available” for your children so I thought I’d start a thread for tips on how to do that in a child friendly manor. I really want to be as available as possible in a way that my parents possibly weren’t (as much as I love them). So yeah, if anyone has any young child parenting tips surrounding this topic then I’d love to hear them! Hope it makes sense.
He’s nearly 3 and bright as a button (more so than I was ready for at this age!) so I feel like this is a huge point in his life where he’s really starting to understand everything and question everything (I’m getting lots of “why are you doing that mummy?”) and sometimes I hear myself speak and I think that it’s not very child friendly or perhaps I could word things better to help him understand.
I’m quite good at expressing my feelings and talking openly but I’m always hearing about being “emotionally available” for your children so I thought I’d start a thread for tips on how to do that in a child friendly manor. I really want to be as available as possible in a way that my parents possibly weren’t (as much as I love them). So yeah, if anyone has any young child parenting tips surrounding this topic then I’d love to hear them! Hope it makes sense.