A supportive environment and attitude will help our children learn at home. Children are more emotional than cognitive – that is, they remember feelings more readily than they do facts. This means that your children remember how they felt in a particular situation much more easily than they recall the details of the event. It means making your child feel good about himself/herself, and ensuring that you never criticize or humiliate your child.
~ Chapman & Campbell The 5 Love Languages of Children
Our children mirror our emotions, attitude, behavior… everything about us. If we give respect, we receive respect. If we, as parents, keep ourselves balanced and deal with our own emotional issues, we engage with our children with emotional maturity, thoughtful attitudes and good role modeling. How we approach our sensitive children can mean all the difference in the world to their self-esteem that affects them the rest of their lives. Consciously engage with your children. Not in a reactive, trigger induced emotional response…but from a place of consciously choosing how you are going to respond and still get your message delivered. Your child deserves this kind of loving, nurturing parenting.