Parents often miss a simple move: repeat back what your kid says using "it sounds like" or "it feels like." When children feel truly heard, they grow. That moment of being seen changes everything.
You're reflecting back what they said. When you use their words and you use, it sounds like, it feels like, it looks like, in that moment, magic happens. Magic happens. Because what happens when somebody repeats your words back to you? They feel seen and heard. They're like, yes, they get it. She gets it. She understands exactly what I said. And when people— if I had a bumper sticker, right, here's the bumper sticker that I would put up, or billboard, for the whole world to see. I would say, when people feel seen and heard, they grow. Let me repeat that because I think it's so important. When people feel seen and heard, they grow.
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