Category: parenting
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Understanding and Managing a Child’s Anger
Useful Suggestions for Parents Let’s be honest: handling your child’s anger can be overwhelming. You must have attempted every single trick in the childrearing books, like the time out, the count to ten, deep breathing, or even just removing oneself to reduce the chances of those situations escalating. You’ve probably noticed that these tactics don’t…
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Helping Children Manage Big Emotions in Everyday Situations
Mastering Co-Regulation Have you ever been in a situation where your child had a crying episode, and you tried everything you could to calm them down, only to realize it was not working? Trying to calm a child’s big emotions can be frustrating! You try to comfort the child, validate their feelings, and use every…
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The Hidden Dangers of Traditional Discipline Methods
What Every Parent Should Know About the Long-Term Effects of Spanking Disciplining children is one of the challenging tasks most parents and educators are expected to accomplish. Even in the home environment or at school, it is normal to use corporal punishment to manage the behavior of children in Pakistan, among other societies. Although…
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Small Steps To Instill Big Values in Children
Raising Resilient Muslims: I feel truly blessed by Allah to enjoy the companionship of my children, Alhamdulillah. Lately, our kids are often bombarded with contrasting messages. We parents must actively counteract these influences by instilling our children the proper knowledge and values. I also believe that leading by example is essential. Our actions speak…
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The Power of Effective Discipline: Nurturing Our Children’s Growth
Discovering Better Ways to Discipline When we talk about teaching our kids right from wrong, we often think of using physical punishment as a way to discipline them. This happens both at home and in schools, especially in certain countries like Pakistan. We believe that punishing our children physically will teach them a lesson,…
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The Power of Reparenting: Breaking Free from Generational Wounds
The Impact of Parental Communication on Your Inner Voice How your parents talk to you has the potential of becoming your inner voice. Growing up, if your parents spoke to you in a harsh, critical way, your inner voice may be overly judgmental of yourself. This may end up hurting you, making you stuck in…
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Nurturing Your Inner Child: Healing from Childhood Neglect
Healing from Childhood Trauma Our childhood experiences shape who we become as adults, and unfortunately, neglect or emotional unavailability can have lasting effects on our well-being. In this blog post, we will explore the importance of emotional connection, the impact of neglect on trauma, and provide practical tips to nurture your inner child and…
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Take Charge of Your Life: Breaking Free from Feeling Powerless
Embrace Your Personal Power: Breaking the Cycle I want to see your hands raised if you mostly felt powerless while growing up? Not necessarily due to a lack of resources, food, shelter, money, transportation, etc. But, more about the *feeling * of being powerless. How were you made to feel? Did you have the luxury…