My oldest son, Maverick, turned seven last week. The age of seven is such a significant number in human development that his birthday left me with a feeling of both relief and timid curiosity. We know from neuroscience that our main belief systems about the world and how we view ourselves in it, as well as our subconscious programming, are all created by the time we are seven years old. These beliefs, whether we see …
One of the most important things that we need to remember as parents is that our children are sovereign human beings, just as we are. Even though they are still developing physically and mentally, they have the same emotional needs that we do. They have the same longing for control, independence, and belonging as we do. And they will process a lot of emotions the same way that we do. In order to teach our …