Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

Allow your children to develop their intuition. #parenting #parents #intuition

22 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video by Josh Trent (uploaded Dec 22, 2023) in which the speaker recounts an interaction with his young daughter to illustrate why parents should acknowledge emotions and allow children to develop their intuition. The anecdote describes the father initially responding "I'm fine" when his daughter asked if he was okay, then correcting himself to validate her observation and protect her trust in her own knowing. The clip emphasizes honest emotional acknowledgment to support a child's intuitive development.

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My daughter and I are pretty telepathic. And she looks over at me, and I can feel her looking at me, and I'm like, oh, she's picking up what's going on for me. And I was thinking about something that I'd been struggling with and ruminating on, and she felt it right away and says, dad, are you okay? And I look over, and my first response, you know, she was pretty young then. And I said, yeah, yeah, fine. And then it was about a minute later, I realized, oh, that's an old pattern. Hang on a second. And I looked over and I said, honey, thanks for asking if I'm okay. I am okay. And I was thinking about something that I have been finding a little bit challenging, and I'm still kind of working my way through. Thanks for noticing. Because if I say I'm fine, then I'm giving her inaccurate reflection. She knows that I'm thinking about something and I'm struggling, or I have a. I'm having a low moment. And then if I tell her, no, I'm fine, you're wrong. That disconnects her from her knowing she knew. Then they're wondering, I wonder why he's lying to me. I can tell he's not okay right now.