Dr Cohen, of Kids & Co, says children aren’t perfect, nor are parents, but you can work to develop considerate behaviour from your children and what is grounds for concern.
To help you get the best out of those milestone years, here is another exclusive edited extract from her book.
Mindful parenting
Mindfulness or mindful awareness is defined by Kabat-Zinn (1994) as the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally, to the unfolding of experience from moment to moment.
Mindful parenting is being present for your children. It means not having your attention turned away from what is happening between the two of you at that moment in time.
It is an approach to parenting in which we are aware of our own thoughts and feelings while also being open to those of our children. When we are mindful as parents we enable our children to be fully present in the moment.
