Ep. 39: Lessons with emotional pain are lessons well learned: Let kids feel bad
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We don’t want to see our kids hurting. We certainly don’t want to be the cause of their pain or the object of their hatred. This is the fear that keeps parents and teachers from showing their disappointment, anger, or indignation to kids, instead attempting to explain things to them in a gentler way with no expression of how their actions have made us feel. But kids need to feel some emotional pain in the form of guilt or shame when they are in the wrong. In this episode, Matthew recounts an anecdote from his childhood and how his father’s indignant and angry reaction impressed the lesson in him and forged an admirable character trait that serves him still today. Read the article upon which this show was based: https://matthewboulton.ca/2019/02/09/thanks-for-being-scary-dad/ Watch Boulton from Boulton special episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDXr2FZtyqY&t=2s Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkiPl_xKPPo Learn more at https://matthewboulton.ca/ or https://www.facebook.com/matthewboulton.ca/
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