"Respect" is a loaded term in parenting. In this episode, I explore what I believe people really mean when they say, "that child needs to learn some respect!".
When someone says that - what are the core beliefs they are holding on to about children and respect? What assumptions underpin those core beliefs? Let's go there. Then let's think about what we want the word respect to mean in the future, and how our children are going to learn it from us.
When we unpack our subconscious beliefs about respect, we bring them out into the light. We can examine them, and then we can choose. We can ask ourselves if this belief serving us in our parenting, or is it sabotaging us? What do we want to leave behind, and what do we want to take with us?
This is tricky, thought-provoking stuff.
This session is the first module in my course, "Parenting Without Punishment". The reason for that is because it's often our subconscious beliefs about respect that sabotage our efforts to show up with empathy and love for our children, and that cause us to react with force, shame and punishments.
If you'd like to find out more about this course, visit https://bit.ly/3n5K1Ps
Thank you so much for joining me.
