“Are You Unknowingly Pushing Your Kids Away? Discover the 8 Common Mistakes Even Loving Parents Make!”
Kids experience emotions just as deeply as we do, even if their problems seem small from an adult perspective. When we brush off their worries, no matter how trivial they seem to us, we teach them that their emotions don’t matter.
Over time, this creates distance—they stop coming to us because they don’t feel truly seen or heard.
I’ve learned to respond differently now. Instead of minimizing her feelings, I say, “That sounds really hard. Do you want to talk about it?” And just like that, she knows I’m in her corner.
