54: Raising Independent Kids and Allowing Them to Learn From Natural Consequences

I’m no parenting expert, but I do my best. One of the trickiest parts of motherhood for me right now is the waiting and the trusting. Waiting for my kids to “do it themselves” and trusting that it’s worth the extra time for them to learn to do it themselves. Currently we’re also working on breaking those ingrained habits of creating punishments for our kids' defiant behavior. I’m talking about the times our kids refuse to wear coats on a cold day. There’s no need to punish it when they can learn from the natural consequence of being cold because they refused a coat. It’s actually less work for us, really. In today’s episode we’re chatting all about how it feels to let our kids do it on their own and trust for them to learn from their own life experiences. Kids learn best by doing, after all. Everything mentioned in this episode can be found here: BrittniClarkson.com