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Parenting: Simple Ideas for Championing Empathy over Punishment

Respond to your child's difficult behaviour by meeting the feeling behind it, instead of reaching for another sticker chart or consequence.

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You've taken the tablet away, tried grounding and star charts, and nothing much has changed. For a lot of children, especially those who've been through trauma, rewards and punishments miss whatever is driving the behaviour.

Empathic behaviour management works on that instead. It comes from a clinical psychologist who has spent 20 years with the families of children who've had a traumatic start, and its most useful tool is emotional commentary. Start by just saying what you see ("you're so angry"), then add a gentle "I wonder if…" when it feels safe. You'll also learn to share your child's joy rather than praise it, and to help them put things right after a blow-up.

It starts with you, though. Accepting your own bad days, and knowing what calms you down, makes the rest possible.

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2 modules
  1. 1Webinar Playback46 min
  2. 2Q&A7 min

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  • Stop when you like and pick up where you left off.
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