Narratives
Childhood Narratives: How They Impact Kids for a Lifetime
Narratives are one of the most important things parents need to know about a child’s psychology. This post will tell you what they are and how they work.
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The Basics > Narratives
From our earliest experiences, we form narratives around what to expect, who we are, and how the world works. These narratives often determine every choice we make. Helping kids develop healthy narratives about themselves and others is one of the greatest gifts parents can give.
These posts focus on the subtleties of how narratives form, and how parents can help their child develop lifelong, healthy narratives.
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The Most Common Harmful Narratives in Children
A list of common harmful narratives children develop, why they develop these narratives, and how you can keep the narratives from forming.
Narratives, Specific Situations
How to Manage Emotional Triggers in 5 Steps
Emotional triggers can revive painful childhood experiences so that we unknowingly over-react and make poor choices in the present. Here’s how to manage those triggers.
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How to Change Your Own Unhealthy Narratives
We all carry unhealthy childhood narratives that interfere with our adult lives. Here’s how to manage these narratives so they stop creating problems.
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How To Prevent Harmful Narratives in Your Child
It’s not hard to undo harmful narratives in children. Here are specific strategies to help kids form lasting, healthy narratives.
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(mis)Perceptions: The Reason Young Kids Have So Much Trouble
Because young children misunderstand and misperceive things, they can create harmful narratives that can last a lifetime. Here’s how to prevent this.
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The Surprising Way Negative Feedback Loops Work
Understand yourself better by understanding what negative feedback loops are and how they work in ways you’d never suspect.
Narratives, Tough Behaviors
The 4 Key Reasons Why Children Are Hypervigilant
To help kids with their hypervigilance, parents should know these 4 key reasons children become hypervigilant.
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Why We Do Things We Regret
At the root of every decision we regret lies a childhood narrative. Here’s what happens and why.
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How We Bring About the Thing We Most Want to Avoid
Despite our best intentions and efforts, why do we create the very thing we are most trying to prevent? Here’s why it happens and what you can do.
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The Narratives Others Hand Down to Us
Sometimes we pass down unhealthy narratives to our children without realizing it. Here’s how to recognize and prevent this from happening.
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How Spanking (or physical punishment) Causes Unhealthy Narratives
The effect spanking (or physical punishment) has on kids is to create harmful, life-long narratives about themselves and others.
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The Most Important Premise of All
An outlook that could change how you see everything–it did for me.
BASICS
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Though a young child’s behavior can be strange, confusing, and often challenging, it does make sense in a little-kid-brain way. To help your child, you have to understand what’s driving his behavior; these posts give you the tools to do just that.
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