The Surprising Impact of Making Children Feel Special #parenting #transformativeparenting #shorts

Look, I know we all have limited time, but helping a child feel special is usually more about quality of attention, not quantity. And please don't fall into those popular cultural traps like just ignore them or don't give in to them, they're just trying to get attention. Or the people who complain that we're giving every single child a trophy even if they lose. Look, the need to feel special is big and everyone has it. And if it's not met, it can often rule a child's behavior into adulthood. One thing you can do to make a child feel special is just to find ways to tell them things you see in them. Like I mentioned before, to start off with, think about two or three things about each of your children that make them unique, things that just make them them. And find ways of mentioning these things in a really sincere way when you're one on one. You can also make sure to have regular, predictable times in the week where your kids know that they're going to have one on one time with each parent. If possible, do something that is different than what you do with the others.