120 HAWAII PARENT March/April 2024 They may prioritize logic over emotional expression, which causes their children to feel a lack of support. How do you silence your inner voices to access patience and peace in your parenting journey? These five parenting superpowers assist you in quieting the inner voices that rob you of your peace. 1. Empathize: When you show compassion, you recharge your batteries. You learn to forgive mistakes as you accept that children are meant to make mistakes, fail, and learn valuable lessons. Children learn to accept their imperfections and practice self-compassion. 2. Activate: Act with a clear, calm mind instead of enforcing control like a dictator. You can guide your child without resorting to authoritarian tactics by remaining calm. 3. Navigate: Reframe challenges as 7. The Controller needs to take charge and control situations or becomes extremely impatient. Controlling parents may struggle with trusting their children to make appropriate decisions. They are driven by fear and anxiety about their child’s safety, well-being or future success. 8. The Restless constantly searches for greater excitement in the next activity or engages in busyness. Restless parents believe their children must be in many extracurricular activities to increase their potential for success. Downtime and self-care might be perceived as unproductive, or time wasted. 9. The Hyper-Rational loses focus and tends to analyze the rational process of everything. Hyper-rational parents express their frustration if they don’t understand why their children make poor choices. A little support and empathy goes a long way. “How do you silence your inner voices to access patience and peace in your parenting journey?”
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