Naomi Aldort, Author of Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves in interviewed about raising resilient children:
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- In this parenting interview:
How to raise an emotionally resilient child
Avoiding the fear based helicopter parenting and over protection of children
How a child benefits from failing and emotional challenges
Work on yourself for your child’s benefit
The harm of telling a child she is ‘special’
How pressure and competitiveness cause anxiety and depression
The SALVE communication formula
How and why to not negate your child
Jealousy between siblings
How to respond to siblings hitting so that the underlying need is resolved
The price of praise, rewards, competition, evaluation and grades
Schooling and education
Why you should not push your child to succeed
How striving to the top can be the cause of emotional harm
Your child’s talents: Music, piano, art
Being a famous pianist or other success is not always a sucess internally
How living up to expectations harms the child
Emotional freedom
How to ensure your child’s choices are really free and not manipulated
Parenting as leadership without control
The importance of physical skills development for child
Sleeping with parents and developing self-reliance and independence
How to child proof against molestation
Autism and other special needs
Food for a healthy, happy and thriving child
Kahlil Gibran Poem: Your Children Are Not Your Children