Lately, when I’ve been teaching EveryDay Strong classes, I worry that people’s big takeaway is “okay, I have to go home and meet my child’s ENTIRE NEED FOR SAFETY RIGHT NOW.”
Look, I wish as much as the next person that that could be a thing. But it probably won’t be. Your child is still going to be anxious tonight, and tomorrow, and maybe for a long time.
If your child is coming from a place of high anxiety and fear and insecurity, you aren’t trying to make them feel 100% safe 100% of the time overnight.
Instead, I want you to focus on the next right thing. In the next 30 seconds when you turn and look at your child: what would help them feel relaxed with you? What could you do to remind them, “I’m on your side no matter what”?
Just one thing. Just one next right thing. As parents, we’re in this for the long haul. Not the quick fixes. And that’s a wonderful thing.