What If Helping Isn’t Helping? | A Powerful Parenting & Teaching Reflection

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:01]All parents, teachers, have moments like this.

[00:00:05]A child comes to you, not for advice, not for correction, just to be heard.

[00:00:13]But it doesn't always feel that way. We want to fix, we want to guide, we we want to correct, because we think that's what a responsible adult should do, right?

[00:00:29]And sometimes it is, but sometimes we're not responding to what they need, we are responding to what makes us feel like we're helping.

[00:00:42]And that's how connection gets missed.

[00:00:46]Not from lack of love, but from misunderstanding it.

[00:00:51]Sometimes the best thing you can do is take a breath, wait, and listen.