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What is Mindful Parenting?
What is Mindful Parenting?
Mindful Parenting is a mindset that encourages parents to remain centered and focused on the present moment along with their child. This helps parents avoid being consumed by their thoughts and emotions.
“Listen earnestly to anything [your children] want to tell you, no matter what. If you don’t listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won’t tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.”
― Catherine M. Wallace
Benefits of Mindful Parenting
Benefits of Mindful Parenting
Benefits for Parents:
Parents become more responsive and aware of their children's needs
Becoming less critical and more empathetic
Regulating thoughts, emotions, and actions
Reducing parent stress, aggression, and depression
Parents become more involved with their children's lives
Benefits for Children
Children receive healthy attention from their parents
They observe positive behaviors that their parent models for them such as self-awareness, listening skills, and compassion
Parents are more accepting, emotionally regulated, curious, and kind around the children
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