Sharing is Caring

After reading the article “How to Raise Healthy Children? Parents Must First Manage Their Own Emotions” ... As I read this article, I found myself drawn to several points that I wanted to reflect on more deeply: 1. First, I completely agree with the title of the article, “How to Raise Healthy Children? Parents Must First Manage Their Own Emotions.” Of course, as parents we must respect our children’s emotions, but before that, I believe our own emotions must first be healthy—healthy enough to be respected by our children. 2. I also agree with the statement that “the most important emotion parents must first learn to manage is anger.” The article says, “Anger has a destructive potential and is therefore an emotion that gets people into trouble, so we usually bury it. However, when buried, anger can explode inwardly as depression, guilt, anxiety , or shame —or outwardly as aggression.” I believe that if we as parents cannot restrain or regulate our anger in front of our childre...