Children are often less afraid of the truth than they are of sensing something is wrong without understanding it.
Explaining what happened helps them build a story about the world.
Sometimes the most powerful answer is simply:
“I don’t know.”
#ParentingWisdom #ChildPsychology #ThoughtfulParenting #Emberhart #EmotionalIntelligence
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