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Strategies for Parents to Cope with Teen Trauma
Teen trauma can be devastating. In order to heal and go on to live full, thriving lives, teens need evidence-based care and parental support. But parents don't always realize their child is suffering, because teens may avoid telling parents about a traumatic event due to shame, guilt, or fear of how their parent will ...
Praise v Encouragement
The problem with praise We praise people, especially children not only to get them to do good work but to encourage them to develop good values and healthy self esteem. However praise is usually focused on the end result not on the quality of the child to achieve that result. E.g. "What a great result you got on that exam" rather tha "wow you worked really hard and put in a great effort to get an excellent result - well done!" This can lead to kids becoming approval junkies. It is a way of using and perpetuating our children's dependence on us.
Enabling v Empowering
All parents want their kids to feel good about themselves and at the same time develop inner resources so that they can make good responsible choices when you are not around to guide them. The distinction that I would like to draw on in this newsletter is enabling v empowering.