Barnardos Parenting Seminar Cork - tips from parents

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Supporting
your child’s
emotional
development:
advice from
parents

2. Welcome!On 7 June 2018, we held a seminar for parents on
supporting their child’s emotional development
The parents who attended shared some of their own advice and tips
for supporting children
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3. What is the best
parenting tip you’ve
used and works for
you?
We asked parents to share their tips, and they said...
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● Breath - it’s a phase and will
work out.
● Mind yourself so you can mind
your children.

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● Echo the feeling your child is
experiencing so they know you
understand what they are
feeling.
● Listening more and ranting less.

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● One on one time.
● Support from family and friends.
● Routine and predictability.

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● Sleep as often as you can and
don’t feel guilty about it.

8. What helps me to
parent my child as best
I can?
We asked parents to share their tips, and they said...
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● Prayer
● Support network
● Self care

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● Being consciously present
when my child approaches me.
● Talking to them and trying to
understand their feelings.

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● Remembering positive reinforcement
● Being calm
● Sleep!

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● Desire to do the best I can -
helps me parent my child best
I can

13. What would help me to
parent my child better?
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We asked parents, and they said...

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● Try and get a better understanding
of my child
● More breaks
● Child development

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● Work-life Balance
● Win the Lotto!!

16. For more tips from our
parenting seminar in
Rialto, check out our
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