Trusting Your Child

The two most important aspects of trusting one’s child are when to & how to. When to trust your child? Basically, as often as you can trust your child’s judgement, particularly when it is about their own personal needs. This can be a tough one because as a parent we always want to make sure our child is well fed and warm. However, the fact of the matter is nobody knows their own personal needs better than they themselves. Basically, as much as we want them to be full and warm, they also want to be full & warm. So, instead of taking over completely work with them on these things.

Aside from being respectful it is being found that those parents who let their kids take lead on things like how much they eat, sleep or what they wear, make a better relationship with their needs. If your child is paying attention to his needs from an early age and receiving guidance on how to properly meet those needs, he will be obviously more in tune with them. Hence, believe them and their emotions.

Parents have a significant role in how their children develop trust. If you would like to help your child develop more self-awareness and have more trust in the relationship, then model that trust. Parents act as a role model for their child so if you falter, most likely your child will also falter. Hence, your actions and words always need to match to explain the true meaning of being trustworthy