I’ve been thinking about this myself. Reading this felt both so obvious and profound and yet somehow I hadn’t considered it. Allowing negative feelings to run their course feels counterintuitive to protection from pain, but I suppose there simply isn’t a way to actually protect someone from pain. Skills to navigate it are going to serve our little ones better.
I love this piece of writing, Charlie. Struggling with naming, expressing, and letting emotions go is a life-long struggle.
I’ve been thinking about this myself. Reading this felt both so obvious and profound and yet somehow I hadn’t considered it. Allowing negative feelings to run their course feels counterintuitive to protection from pain, but I suppose there simply isn’t a way to actually protect someone from pain. Skills to navigate it are going to serve our little ones better.