Roots & Wings Mental Health Fitness for Families
Building Roots for Wings to Unfold
Category: Family Connection
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The Parenting Contradiction: From Correction to Supported Independence Many of us were raised to believe good parenting means catching mistakes quickly correcting, reminding, directing. But the more we manage every moment, the fewer chances children have for supported independence and to practice the skills we hope they’ll carry for life: self-regulation, problem-solving and emotional flexibility.…
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Why Regulation/Peace/Chill Zones Support the Whole Child Many child caregivers and educators present time-out as a behaviour management strategy, an approach believed to teach children self-control by removing them from the situation. When we pause and view this practice through a developmental, relational, and regulation-based lens, a different truth emerges: isolation does not teach regulation.…