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Mom of an almost 4 year old adorable girl. I am from Mexico and a natural childbirth educator, also an elementary school teacher with a Master's in teaching philosophy for children
My almost four year old daughter has always had “big emotions.” She can be very gentle and loving but also very aggressive. For about a month now she has been hitting, kicking, pulling hair, etc mostly of me and sometimes Daddy. She does it when she gets angry with other kids, when she gets scared or wants attention. It has become increasingly embarrassing to socialize since I feel humiliated by my own daughter. I have tried ignoring her, talking to her about her emotions, having Daddy intervene and take her away from me until she apologizes and reflects on it, etc. I can see it coming every time. She gets a “defiant” look and I don’t know how to handle it anymore. Any ideas?
“[Mindful Parenting is when]…parents intentionally bring moment-to-moment awareness to the parent-child relationship. This is done by developing the qualities of listening with full attention when interacting with their children, cultivating emotional awareness and self-regulation in parenting, and bringing compassion and nonjudgmental acceptance to their parenting interactions…[…this allows] parents to stop and fundamentally shift their awareness in order to view their present-moment parenting experience within the context of the long-term relationship that they have with their child, as well as attend to their child’s needs, while exercising self-regulation and wise choice in their actions.”
**Written by Larissa Duncan
(Duncan, Coatsworth and Greenberg May 2009)**
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