Tag: children

• Mental Health Monday

  I hope this Monday finds you well! This Monday finds me exhausted from being up all night with a sick, coughing three year old, and also slightly sick myself. As such, this weeks discussion will be brief: We don’t punish adults with time-outs, refusing affection, isolation, violence, having their belongings removed, and so on when…

  emmaswritingthings

  27th Mar 2023

  Mental Health Monday

  children, conscious parenting, gentle parenting, inspiration, inspirational, mental health, mother, parenting

• Entitled vs Empowered

  The last few days I’ve been wallowing in the past a little bit. I have a new perspective now, so I don’t get lost there anymore. It’s still an emotional – I was going to use the word rollercoaster but that’s too fun of a word for how it feels to look back at your…

  emmaswritingthings

  20th Sep 2022

  life writing, parenting

  abuse, anxiety, brave, child, children, consent, depression, domestic abuse, freedom, freedom program, fresh start, horror, inspiration, inspirational, life writing, mental health, narcissism, narcissist, narcissistic, new beginnings, non-fiction, parenting, PTSD, rape, self help, survivor, therapist, therapy, trauma, victim

• Thoughts on Gentle Parenting

  It’s bloody hard, I’ll tell you that. When I say the words ‘gentle parenting’ often people will just assume that means I’m a pushover and I let my kids rule the roost. What it actually means is treating your child like they are a human being, respecting them and their feelings the same way you…

  emmaswritingthings

  16th Aug 2022

  life writing, parenting

  child, children, gentle parenting, growth, happiness, healing, kids, love, mental health, motherhood, parenting, tantrum, toddler