"If a parent's thoughts are generally negative or scarcity-based, our children will feel that and develop similar negative, scarcity-based thinking patterns," Waters said. Those of us who are parents are struggling with our own human vulnerabilities, and that struggle impacts our kids. There's something magical that happens when we share our own vulnerabilities in a way that lets our kids know they're not alone. Are you saying we need to feel OK so that our children can feel OK, too? When parents' own resource buckets feel so depleted, how can we possibly teach our kids to roll with the punches?

Source: CNN September 28, 2020 08:15 UTC