How to support your child?

Dedicating your attention and support your child is the first step to create closeness and openness to allow the child to open up and communicate with us on their aspirations and behaviour.

The ability to be in touch with your emotions whilst adapting to the needs of a young child changes at every stage of development. The need for attention and support also applies to adults and is related to their ability to communicate their limits, needs, and feelings, and to agree that they don’t have to be the perfect parent(there is no such thing as the perfect parent) . As parents we have the right to make mistakes, get angry, be frustrated, show tiredness and not be the best parent ever. At every stage of development the closeness and presence of a parent looks slightly different. There is a huge importance for providing a baby with care, most importantly physical contact between the parent and the child, through hugging, rocking, carrying, breastfeeding, sleeping close to the baby. Accompanying the child in later stages of their lives involves:

– being their for your child every step of the way, i.e. opening up to  exploration, being present in their life, i.e. showing genuine interest in their activities, experiences, difficulties, worries, and joys, and supporting the child in new experiences without evaluation, strengthening their internal motivation, supporting the child is experiencing the emotions that arise in them, getting to know themselves, and building interpersonal relationships. Supporting  your child  is extremely important to their overall development. It consists of observing the, as they grow into a  young person and trusting them, being open to the signals they send and the exploration they need.