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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Fantastic conversation with so many practical tips for those difficult situations so we can effectively be those “millennial parents” haha.

Have to love a speech pathologist who emphasizes resilience (I married one)

Jennifer Shonkoff M.A. CCC-SLP's avatar

Thanks Kyle! Hopefully some of what we talked about resonates with conversations you and your wife have had at home--do you both employ any strategies that we didn't mention here?

Kyle Shepard's avatar

Pretty comprehensive coverage of resilient parenting strategies between your two conversation posts!

Strategic repair following missteps is a big one (that she’s better at than me); ensuring they’re around to observe resilience in our own actions; intentionally modeling emotional regulation during difficult moments by letting them see us fail, have difficult conversations, and emote; taking time to explain the “why” behind decisions of any kind, especially when resisted; and more that aren’t coming to me.

You both definitely covered aspects of these concepts in your convo but there’s only so much you can do in a few posts. Great stuff guys 👊🏻

Erin Miller's avatar

Yes! Strategic repair, modeling emotional regulation, explaining the “why”… all huge.

Always grateful when you join the discussion and bring wisdom and real-time parenting experience to the table. Thanks, Kyle!

Kyle Shepard's avatar

Thank you too! You consistently make me better