"When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's sympathy serves as emotional first aid for bruised feelings. When we genuinely acknowledge a child's plight and voice her disappointment, she often gathers the strength to face reality." - Haim Ginott
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Unconditional Love: Can you take a deep breath and ease from anger to compassion? This is basic emotional self-regulation, and it's arguably the most critical emotional intelligence skill. Most of us don't come by it naturally. But the more you practice shifting from judgment to compassion as you move through your day, the more you'll be able to shift into compassion when your child acts up.