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Healing Through Parenting: Nurturing the Child Within
Breaking Cycles and Creating Emotional Safety for the Next Generation
“Be the parent you needed as a child.”
I can’t remember if I heard this saying in a video or if I read it scrolling Instagram recently but it has been on my mind over the last few days.
One of the hardest things about parenting is taking stock of all the ways we have to heal and grow from how we were parented. While I always felt loved as a child, there were times when I felt unsafe, dismissed, and ignored. As my children grow older, my desire to create an emotionally safe, compassionate environment for them has become a greater priority.
I’ll be the first to admit that when my children were younger, and I was trying to survive the daily routine of feedings, play times, naps, and reading aloud, my priority was making sure they were healthy and happy. With their growth, their needs have become more complex, and they need space to express their emotions, their view of the world around them, and their place in society.
As our lives have slowed down and my mind has cleared from the toddler to early childhood fog, I’ve tried to focus on parenting with intentional compassion and emotional intelligence. It hasn’t happened overnight. It’s been an…
