The document summarizes tips from parents on supporting their child's emotional development that were shared at a Barnardos parenting seminar: 1) Parents recommended techniques like taking deep breaths when frustrated, making time for self-care so you can best care for your children, listening to understand your child's feelings, and creating routines. 2) When asked what helps them parent well, parents cited supports like prayer, spending quality one-on-one time, talking to understand their child's perspective, using positive reinforcement, and prioritizing sleep. 3) To improve their parenting further, attendees suggested better understanding their unique child, taking more breaks, learning about child development, and achieving a work-life balance

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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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