The article explores how viral trends like the #CookieChallenge impact Post-Traumatic Parents (PTPs) by triggering anxiety and catastrophic thinking. PTPs, who have experienced trauma, often strive for control and predictability in parenting, fearing they may fail their children. When children do not respond to prompts as expected, it can prompt self-doubt and fears of inadequate parenting. The author suggests that gentle modeling of empathy is more effective than forcing sharing, emphasizing the need to align parenting strategies with developmental readiness.
If you can foresee what's coming, you can prepare; if you can prepare, you won't be blindsided; and if you're not blindsided, maybe this time you won't get hurt.
Gentle modeling of empathy works better than drilling 'sharing' before a child is developmentally ready, as it aligns with their growth stages.
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