Real Life of an MSW

HOW TO RETHINK YOUR APPROACH TO LEARNING WITH YOUR CHILDREN “The number one tip that I would give is, if being involved in your child’s academics, if trying to play the role of the tutor is creating stress and discord in that relationship, step back from that and bring in a professional to help. Because you then can step fully into the role of providing that encouragement and that emotional connection that your child really can only get from you as the parent. I have seen over and over again, when we make that adjustment that the academics improve. And that emotional connection with the parent improves everything else going on in the child’s life. Stop looking for the teachable moments and look for the teachable moments When when my child is experiencing a perfectionist moment and is frustrated and is crying, I go in and I give a hug. And that’s a change for me from before the pandemic; before the pandemic, I would have gone in and tried to fix the learning issue. But now I go on and give the hug.” – Caitlin Meister 

Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…