Parenting advice

[Geoff-Allen]

Hope you are all well.

Parenting can be a challenging occupation - wishing you all the best with your family!

Greater Good is an excellent site - you can receive regular emails from them if you like.

Here is one page I found in my InBox recently -

According to emotion scientist Barbara Fredrickson, these small moments are when love happens between parents and their children.

Her research highlights that positive emotions like love, joy, and gratitude help us grow and become better versions of ourselves. While she used to think that all positive emotions were equally helpful, she has come to realize that love might be unique.

She now calls out love as especially beneficial for our health and growth. Apart from slowing down aging, love broadens our awareness of others’ needs and increases our feelings of social connection and oneness with others. Children who have early loving relationships with their parents grow up to be more compassionate adults.

We interviewed Fredrickson about how love grows between parents and their children and why it is important for children’s development.


With Kids, Love Is in the Little Things

All the best!

Ciao!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Here's a few choice quotes about parenting -

40 Best Parenting Quotes of All Time

Enjoy!

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Research has shown that gratitude plays a major role in an adult’s well-being and success, but there has been little corresponding research addressing its development and enhancement in children’s lives.

In fact, until 2005, we know of no studies that examined gratitude and well-being in young children. Then, in 2006, psychologists Nansook Park and Christopher Peterson conducted an analysis of parents’ descriptions of their children’s strengths—and found that gratitude had the strongest relationship to life satisfaction.

The full article is here -

Seven Ways to Foster Gratitude in Kids