Can we maybe cut the kids some slack instead? Can we give them the love, support, and encouragement they need?
Parenting isn’t easy, but we do need to lead the way.
Suffering is a normal part of the universal human experience, and when we try to fight that, well, as Carl Jung is known for saying, “what you resist, persists.”
Sometimes the first step is to become aware of our resistance so that we can stop resisting, drop the struggle, and move towards learning more useful ways of dealing with our anxiety.
If we want to know how to reduce stress or how to deal with anxiety, we first need to understand the differences between the two in order to correctly identify the problem.
Stress, anxiety, and burnout are not the same. Understanding these differences matters — especially when stress, anxiety, or burnout shows up in your teen or affects the dynamic at home.