Ahhhh Mom Guilt
Let’s kick it to the curb!
Are you feeling that familiar twinge of guilt at the thought of shifting your home dynamics to focus on the entire family's needs? Many parents experience this guilt when considering a move away from a child-centered home. But here's the truth: creating a family-centered home is one of the best ways to nurture not just your children, but the entire family unit. Read on below for more as we tackle this subject and help to squelch those voices in your head and get you on the path to peace.
The Guise of “Mom Guilt”
It’s natural to feel guilty about making changes that don't revolve entirely around your children. However, it’s important to recognize that under the guilt around change is the desire to restore balance to the family dynamic and thats a good thing!
When our children were born they no doubt needed care 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We needed to be there to tend to their every need to ensure that they not only survive but that they thrive. And in this modern age of parenting there are no shortage of apps and services and mom-fluencers to follow who all want to show you how to take care of your little people alllll of the time. But, and this is important, at a certain point- doing for our children what they can do for themselves begins to take from them the very building blocks of self esteem and confidence we all want to instill. At a certain point, taking really good care of our babies starts to become infantilizing our capable kids.
Which is all to say- under that guilt is the desire to restore balance- and that’s a GOOD thing! Lean in! Listen to that urge!
By fostering independent play, we teach our children valuable lessons about considering the needs of others, we teach them to engage in self-guided activities, foster their creativity, encourage problem-solving, and emotional regulation skills. Moreover this approach shows them how to be thoughtful members of both the family and the broader community and it mirrors for your children that it’s perfectly okay to have needs and to have those needs respected and considered by others.
What wonderful life long gifts to give our children! Kick the guilt to the curb and join us for a powerful kick start to your families realignment!
We are diving into all of this and MUCH more as well as helping you create custom-doable action plans for your own child and home in our webinar next week and sign up is officially OPEN!!
