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- Closeness alone doesn't guarantee children will open up.
- Parents who foster trust and create space for difficult conversations, starting from an early age, encourage their children to share their inner world.
- These parents regulate their own emotions, share their own vulnerabilities, ask about feelings beyond performance, accept all emotions, repair after conflicts, avoid placing emotional needs on their child, and invite conversation rather than interrogate.
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Closeness alone doesn't guarantee children will open up. Parents who foster trust and create space for difficult conversations, starting from an early age, encourage their children to share their inner world. These parents regulate their own emotions, share their own vulnerabilities, ask about feelings beyond performance, accept all emotions, repair after conflicts, avoid placing emotional needs on their child, and invite conversation rather than interrogate.
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This article was originally published by CNBC.
