Tips & tools to support your homeschooling program.

The Importance of Self-Love

Your child longs for your juicy and focused connection and attention. This secure love and attachment builds their foundation of trust and belonging, and sets them up for healthy relationships throughout their lives.

Homeschooling gives you an amazing opportunity to nurture this connection throughout the day, pacing the time you have together and the time everyone works or plays independently.

Make sure that you honour both ways of being. Everyone needs to enjoy their alone time, and learn healthy ways to self-soothe.

By giving yourself permission to take a break and do something for yourself each day, you can be fully present for your child(ren) when you are giving them connection.

​By caring for yourself, you are teaching your child(ren) the importance of self-love.

​What do you do to re-charge?

Having an Extra Bad Day!?!
 
Next time you feel flustered about something your child is doing (or not doing), recognize that giving energy to what is not working is really not the best route.

Take a deep breath, and if you need to walk away for a moment to get grounded, go ahead and do so.

When you return to the scene, find something positive that your child is doing that can be highlighted. Sometimes the scene is so negatively charged, that the best positive thing you can find is actually something like, "I see that you're not throwing your toys against the wall. This shows that you are getting better at managing your emotions." 

​When you are able to give authentic, positive feedback, it really does help your child to feel positive about themselves, and it guides them towards self-regulation.

Smile! Take a deep breath! You and your child are probably readjusting to school after a little holiday break!

Be patient and ease back into your routine. Choose one or two parts of your daily routine that are working well and allow yourself to feel amazing about it - because you really should.

​When you focus on what is fantastic and feel happy about the little victories, you invite more of that energy into your life!

The Nurtured Heart Approach is a relationship-focused methodology founded by Howard Glasser.  This approach meets the needs of the parent and child both individually and in relationship. It is comprehensive in its scope, recognizing each person's incredible greatness and individuality and specific and practical in its steps to build these feelings of inner wealth. 

​Watch for Nurtured Heart Tips weekly and visit our Parent Education page to learn more.