If you were lucky enough to be read to before bed growing up, what do you remember most? A parent’s voice, soft but sure, and growing softer as the last page neared? The warmth of cuddling with a parent, relaxed and still, or perhaps the thrill of your favorite characters, so valiantly and creatively solving problems?
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The Evolving Role of Parenting and Emotional Literacy
\nThe world is always re-defining what it means to be a parent. Parents take on so much; from the stress of creating a birth plan to supporting your children as they begin the career planning process, parents are perpetually challenged with equipping their children with the tools that they need to navigate the complexities of the human experience. Emotional literacy may be one of the most important tools a parent can teach.
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Becoming a grandparent is a magical experience.
\nAfter decades of learning about yourself and navigating the journey of parenthood through successes, challenges, mistakes, and growth, you have gained a wealth of real life experience in raising a child. Now, you get to witness your own child embark on the same journey. This intergenerational transition is both incredible and deeply meaningful.
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Every parent knows the challenges of childhood fears, as it is normal and common for children to develop fears as they grow and explore the world around them. But for the families dealing with emetophobia – an intense, irrational fear of vomiting – the struggle goes far beyond typical childhood worries.
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