acceptance

Third in a Series of Articles on Raising Emotionally Healthy Children

Read the first article in this series: Respect

Read the second article in the series: Important

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Guest Post from The Children’s Project

The third critical emotional need of children is to feel Accepted.  Accepting children means listening, trying to understand them, and accepting their right to their own points of view, feelings, desires, opinions, concerns, and ideas. If we act in a way that condemns or ridicules feelings or opinions of children, the implication may be that there is something wrong with them. When that happens, you reduce the chances of their listening to you and of your being able to influence them.