It Does Get In

Dear Parent,

"Does anything ever get through to our attachment challenged children?"  You may be asking in exasperation and despair. 

Unequivocally, yes. Yes it does.  

One day, when you least expect it, you will be both surprised and delighted when you overhear your son or daughter giving sage advice to a sibling or peer.  The advice will sound as though it came right out of your own mouth.  

Have faith.  Trust the human brain to record every single thing, even while denying any memory of the past.  The brain records the bad (sadly) AND the good (thankfully.) That is the hidden paradox.

You child will eventually benefit from the years of repetition.  When you taught the same lessons, day in and day out, even as they appeared to never learn from their mistakes, you were creating neuro-pathways. 

We all learn through repetition.  Think about something you are trying to change.  How may times have you started and stopped, started and stopped...?   

Repetition creates new neuro-pathways for everyone.

Love matters,

Ce

P.S. Check out the Love Matters Parenting Society membership for more support.