Setting Empathic Limits With My Child
Setting empathic limits and boundaries with my child. Some ask how I keep myself and Forrest so chill? How do I keep my home so clean and organised and not have my small child like a hurricane and destroying everything? Why don’t I see you yelling at your child or saying no all the time? That answer is that I set clear empathic limits based around three main principles - I can’t let you hurt yourself. I can’t let you hurt others. I can’t let you hurt the environment. If all my limits are set around the principals that support respect and safety for our bodies and our environment it makes it much easier to hold the clear expectation and create more calm in your life with your children. Also I find it makes it easier on both of us me not saying No to every little behaviour my son shows. Also if the limit/boundary is not met then I don’t ever use punishments but we will let natural consequences happen. So let’s get into examples: Limit - I can’t let yo...