Working Through a Child’s Rage, Insistence and Resistance by Understanding Our Own Reactions, Expectations and Emotions
Create your parent-digm shift.
“SHE’S SO INTENSE!”
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When our child expresses his or her emotions in a way that we find “difficult” or “challenging,” the ‘answers’ we are searching for actually lie in our relationship.
Our child’s intense reactions, defense and resistance are not character deficiencies or mere ‘misbehavior,’ but can be signs and signals of a) their inner struggle, b) our inner struggle, c) our degree of connection.
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*How can we work through our own fears and emotions in order to help our
child navigate and understand his own?
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*How may we identify a painful “pattern” so that it doesn’t become a cyclical way of relating as our child and we grow older and more distant?
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*How can we help our children to identify their needs and choose pathways for communication that meet those needs while recognizing those of others?
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*How can we learn to be conscious of our own role in the intensity dance?
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