Something I've noticed is how quickly parenting advice takes us to:
“What should I DO?”
What should I say?
What strategy should I use?
How do I stop the behaviour?
And sometimes that's exactly what we need.
But there is another step we can easily miss:
Notice before you manage.
What am I experiencing?
What might my child be experiencing?
What changed between us?
Sometimes the useful information isn't only in the behaviour. It's in the whole emotional moment surrounding it.
That's a big part of what I mean by Energy-Wise Parenting - learning to look beneath the visible interaction rather than only reacting to what we can see.
Let's explore this together in tomorrow night's first 'Energy-Wise Live' call inside Energy-Wise Parenting Hub - Thursday Aug 27th 8pm (Syd Aust )