You want to protect kids and shelter them from harsh realities, but it's important to expose them to real world events to prepare them for the future.
Amy Alamar, author of Parenting for the Genius: Developing Confidence in Your Parenting through Reflective Practice, suggests providing context and conversation around difficult issues and events. Let them know that they're safe and it's your job to keep them safe and healthy.
A little bit of anxiety is good; it helps get them through the day. Fear and anxiety is actually an essential part of a child's development.
Amy also advises incorporating reflective practice, which involves learning from mistakes and then doing something about it.
Listen in as Amy joins hosts Andrea and Lisa to share tips for parenting in troubled times.
Amy also advises incorporating reflective practice, which involves learning from mistakes and then doing something about it.
Listen in as Amy joins hosts Andrea and Lisa to share tips for parenting in troubled times.
Amy Alamar, EdD, has worked in the field of education as a teacher, teacher educator, researcher, parent educator, and education reformer for over 15 years. During that time, her focus has been on under-sourced students, literacy, curriculum design and constructivist education. In her role as a teacher, Amy has taught elementary school, middle school, high school, and served as an adjunct professor teaching curriculum design. Amy has also conducted significant research in the area of utilization of multimedia in education and student stress.