Link to THE EVERYTHING JOURNAL https://a.co/d/dr1VHKT This week on this Mrs.Everything Podcast, I'm finally ready to have a open and honest conversation about my feelings towards parenting. • Parenting Becoming Easier - • Put aside any blocks from your own childhood that inhibit your warmth and acceptance, physical touch, physical presence, and understanding. • Create a safe, harmonious home environment where differences can be worked through safely. • Accept that your child needs to play with people of all ages, soothing experiences, and a lot of your attention and time • See situations from your child's point of view as well as your own • Help your child's need to find ways to express how they really feel (rather than how you wish they felt) and you can validate and attempt to understand their feelings. (And your own) • Don't rush in to rescue them but rather help them find their own solutions by allowing them to brainstorm to come up with answers to their problems and by not rushing to tell them what to do • Lay down your boundaries by defining yourself rather than telling them what they are like • Accept that you will make mistakes. Be non-defensive about those mistakes and repair the situation by owning the mistake and making any necessary change