A parenting expert shares an emotional habit and 'one phrase' that parents might use that can inadvertently affect their child's behaviour. But there are ways around it, and here's what parents can do instead to break the cycle.
While parents focus on how to raise happy kids, fewer conversations are given to the wellbeing of those doing the child raising, to successfully achieve this. It's increasingly understood that adults who weren't taught to manage their emotions struggle when they have their own kids - some are realising the six phrases they need to hear from their own parents to move on from difficult childhoods, becoming the parents they want to be and raising good kids.
