Mistakes Happen
"Oops! The cereal spilled. Go get two rags, and I'll help you clean up." Teach your child it's OK to make a mistake, even a messy one. “Show that mom isn't going to get furious,” says licensed marriage and family therapist Sue Mandel, owner of First Attachments Child & Parenting Center. “Things can be fixed. It's not the end of the world, and there’s an acceptance of one's imperfection.”
"Oops! The cereal spilled. Go get two rags, and I'll help you clean up." Teach your child it's OK to make a mistake, even a messy one. “Show that mom isn't going to get furious,” says licensed marriage and family therapist Sue Mandel, owner of First Attachments Child & Parenting Center. “Things can be fixed. It's not the end of the world, and there’s an acceptance of one's imperfection.”