How To Raise Emotionally Healthy Children: Feeling Secure

Emotionally Healthy Children - Feeling Secure

Fifth in a Series of Articles on Raising Emotionally Healthy Children

 

Guest Post from The Children’s Project

According to Dr. Newmark, the fifth critical emotional need of children is the need to feel Secure.  Security means creating a positive environment where people care about one another and show it; where people express themselves and others listen; where differences are accepted and conflicts are resolved constructively; where enough structure and rules exist for children to feel safe and protected, and where children have opportunities to actively participate in their own evolution and that of the family.

Raising Emotionally Healthy Children: Feeling Included

Dad Talking to Daughter

Fourth in a Series of Articles on Raising Emotionally Healthy Children

 

Guest Post from The Children’s Project

Feeling Included is a fourth critical emotional need of children.  They need to feel they belong, to feel a part of things, to feel connected to other people, to have a sense of community.  That’s why kids join cliques, gangs, clubs and teams – to satisfy that need to belong.