Building Strong Relationships for a Lifetime: Essential Tips for Connecting with Your Child
Connection Mini Course for paying subscribers: Newsletter 1, February 2023
February is here, which means its hearts, flowers and candy season. Whilst Valentine’s Day typically means a focus on romantic love, I feel like it’s also the perfect time to re-evaluate the theme of connection. Connection to your children, your partner, and yourself. That’s why this month, our paid subscriber series is all about the theme, CONNECTION.
Whilst it might sound counterintuitive, connection time helps children to play more independently. When we are intentional about our days and how we carve out those precious hours within the day, everyone in the family wins.
As parents we have never been more aware of what everyone else is doing - or at least, we have an awareness of what we *think* everyone is doing. We’re all now well aware that people post their highlight reel to social media feeds, but the feeling of ‘keeping up with the Jones’ still lingers.
Should you paint your nursery beige? Become a ‘crunchy mum’ or go full-on Montessori? Well, the truth is, you can do all of those things *IF* that is something you feel passionate about. Ultimately, you need to live your purpose.
Slowing down, simplifying and living with intention are all things that I passionately believe in. And what links these? Connection.
February at a Glance:
February Playful Prompts - 1st
1. Micro and macro moments of connection - 7th
2. family time (slowing down to be more) - 14th
3. Connection through play - 21st
4. Connection to self - 28th
What You’ll Learn in this article:
The perfect parent myth
How to introduce micro moments of connection
How to introduce macro moments of connection
The link between Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Independent Play
Reasons your child isn’t playing independently + solutions to try
What do you receive as a paid subscriber?
Access to this article and the other newsletters in this mini course (which are released over the course of February 2023)
Printable resources
Journal prompts and reflection questions
Access to the Playful Prompts library
Seasonal Rhythms Guide and Printable resources
New mini course topics every month - plus access to previous mini courses
Access to community discussion boards
Bonus video overview of each topic
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