“I wish I’d handled that differently.”

“I know it was wrong but I couldn’t help it.”

“They just made me so mad/upset/scared.”

These are just a few of the phrases that you might hear your child say, AFTER the event.

Practising mindfulness with children allows them the ‘insight’ into what’s happening in their bodies and minds.

When faced with unkindness, there are often BIG emotional visitors to the body. These emotional visitors, that often arrive uninvited and undetected, can cause your child to react to unkindness rather than to respond. Perhaps resulting in either an angry response, an out-of-character action, or out-of-control thought stories that add to the suffering (E.g. Your child continuing to beat themselves up mentally, based on the unkind act, well after the event).

Having conversations about this with you child can give them the insight and awareness they need, to ‘see’ clearly, the mind and body reactions to unkindness and arm-them with the necessary strength to decide how to respond.

This is a sensitive subject and can require great courage and strength. Watch the video to learn how you can help.

 

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