What if early parenting is much more about wearing your “therapist” hat than it is about wearing your “educator” hat?

The work of early parenting is to create a container for the child’s emotional experiences. Through that, the child learns how to flow with all the feelings that naturally arise as a result of learning and growing. The learning and growing is inevitable, especially if the emotions are flowing. They work hand in hand. Children need far less guidance on how and what to learn and far more compassion and reflection of what they are feeling.