Could The Nurtured Heart approach — focusing on what is right in each moment — stop the negativity and misbehavior in my home? The answer was yes.
Children — especially intense or difficult ones — intuitively know how to get our full attention through negative behaviors. NHA calls for “flipping the script” and using our well-honed parental judgment to discern what is right instead of what is wrong
I t wasn’t like I didn’t try to be a good parent.
I took parenting courses and read up on all the methodologies recommended by chinuch experts. I worked hard on modifying myself to become the “regulated” textbook mom with all the answers.
But this just reinforced my feelings of inadequacy. All I saw was how much was lacking. What I needed to fix. I felt like a failure.
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