Stress: Helping Your Kids Deal with Adult Subjects
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Subject Line: Too Soon!
Dear Parents,
Most of us have had the experience of our child asking to see something or do something that they weren’t ready to do. One of our main jobs as parents is to help our kids understand when it’s the right time to experience certain things. A lot of the time, though, your child will want to see or do something before they are ready.
So how do you communicate to them that they’re not ready in a way they can understand?
That’s what we’re discussing in this month’s parent video!
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https://vimeo.com/parentministry/review/663397692/f704ecebc7
Thank you for the privilege of partnering with your family. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
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Subject Line: “Can I Please???”
Dear Parents,
Part of earning your parenting stripes is hearing your child regularly ask to see or do something that they aren’t old enough to do.
This is common and there is a great way to help them understand why it’s not time for them to have that experience.
We give some thoughts on how to navigate that in this month’s parent video.
To view the full video, click on the link below.
https://vimeo.com/parentministry/review/663397692/f704ecebc7
As always, I enjoy partnering with your family. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
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Your kids often want to watch or do something that they aren’t old enough to do yet. Communicating that to them can sometimes be stressful. We discuss that in this month’s parent video.
How should you communicate to your child that they aren’t ready to see or do something that they really want to do? We’ve got you covered with a quick communication tip in this month’s parent video.
This month’s parent video gives a creative way to communicate to your kid that they aren’t ready to have an adult experience.
Helping your kid understand why they aren’t yet ready for an adult situation is the subject of this month’s parent video.
VIDEO SCRIPT
I love a good quote. And the quote that I’m going to give you in this video is from two of my friends, Dr. Tim and Dr. Tasha LeVert. Yeah, they’re both doctors. That means what they say is smart,
So here we go. This is what they told me. When I talk to them about my boys wanting to do things too soon, like if they’re in third grade and they want to watch a horror movie or if they’re in fourth grade and they’re ready to get on Instagram and they’re asking for all these things too soon. Here’s a way that you can share with them. It’s what they taught me, and I’ll teach it to you today.
You can tell them, “Hey, being a kid is awesome. There’s so many benefits to being a kid. And you don’t have to worry about all the things an adult has to worry about.” See, this is that time, you know, how we all have to do the adulting things that we don’t really love. This is the time to go into detail with your kid about it.
Teach them about mortgages and how much milk costs and gas and all those things that we complain about all the time and let them know one day you’re going to have to deal with this and you’ll be ready. I think you’re going to be a fabulous adult. But for now, enjoy being a kid as long as you can. There’s so many benefits to just being a kid. Enjoy your life as long as you can.
That opportunity for you starts to shorten when you start doing things that adults do. We don’t want to do that. So let’s hold off. In fact, if I were to treat this like a suitcase, I would tell you that right now, the things you’re wanting to do, they’re too heavy for you to carry. “One day you’ll be strong enough to carry them if you want to might not want to, but when you’re ready, you can carry them.
But for now, I’ll carry them for you and you just enjoy being a kid.” This is one way, maybe to redirect that conversation and help them understand that the position they are in life is a good position and they want to enjoy it as long as they can. And it helps. You have to maybe stop hearing from them all the time about all the things that they’re wanting to try when they get older. I hope this helps, and I hope you learn that you are the ones who carry their suitcases.
So carry them well.