We all deserve and need empathy... As Brene Brown so succinctly says, Empathy is the antidote to shame. It is what’s needed when a child feels bad, struggles emotionally, or has made a mistake. What children don’t need in those moments is additional shame tacked on to their mistakes and unpleasant feelings to make them feel worse or unlovable. What children do need is empathy to see them through those moments. Empathy to reinforce your relationship. Empathy to help regulate brain chemistry; to assure a child, The way you feel is normal. You’re normal. Empathy to provide validation. You have a right to feel that way. Empathy to help a child get on the road to self-acceptance and self-love. You may have made a mistake, but you are not a mistake.” Thank you Kelly Bartlett for posting
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:07:37 +0000