What We'd Like to Learn

Another inspiring list generated in a recent parenting group:

What we wish someone had taught us:

• Listen from the perspective of who you are communicating with.
• How to calm yourself when agitated or stressed.
• How to spell!
• How to be empathic and careful and conscious of the consequences of words.
• Be present – in the moment you’re in.
• Encourage first, teach second.
• How to sort through thoughts and emotions.
• How to figure out what I really want.
• That emotional intelligence is just as important as cognitive intelligence
• How to think ahead.
• How to trust your instincts/intuition.