My two-year-old son has all of the bumps and bruises typical of an adventurous child, who hasn’t quite figured out how to fly or how to keep his torso from out-running his toes. He always bounces back pretty quickly.
We give him a quick snuggle, a soon forgotten reminder that he should slow down or not jump off his toy box, and he’s off and running, scaling the closest climbable object. He reacts this way in part because he’s a pretty laid-back child, but also because of how my husband and I react when he tumbles and hurts himself.
We want our children to be safe as they explore, and to feel safe when they do get hurt. That feeling of safety starts developing long before children learn how to speak. It starts with us and how we react to different situations.
[Read the full article over on Motherly]
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