{"id":126,"date":"2012-05-10T12:58:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T12:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/?p=126"},"modified":"2012-05-14T00:30:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T00:30:44","slug":"children-are-small-but-their-problems-are-life-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/05\/10\/children-are-small-but-their-problems-are-life-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Children Are Small, But Their Problems Are Life-Size"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We lived in Brooklyn, NY for most of Caidin\u2019s life. We moved when he was six (he’s now eight). Walking around the neighborhood was a daily activity. Although many people don\u2019t realize it, NYC and it’s\u00a0Boroughs\u00a0are broken into little communities.\u00a0 You tend to shop, eat and mingle where you live and because of this you get to know quite a lot of people.<\/p>\n

On a tree covered street in Brooklyn, there was a lovely old-time pharmacy. It was run by one man, not a giant conglomerate. The pharmacist knew everyone who walked through the door and if he didn\u2019t, he\u2019d know you before you left. He had the opportunity to see someone buy a pregnancy test and then come in for prenatal vitamins and eventually teething tablets, Band-Aids and anything else a new mom needs. When I went to pick up a prescription there was always a pleasant conversation.<\/p>\n

One day, I went to pick something up and the pharmacist was talking about his son with another customer. The pharmacist was saying that every morning they had to fight with his four-year-old to get him to school. It had gotten so bad that their son\u2019s uncooperative behavior was actually spilling into the evening before.<\/p>\n

Hearing this I said \u2018have you asked him why he\u2019s acting this way?\u2019 I still remember the surprised look on the Pharmacist\u2019s face and the deafening split second silence. He turned to me and said \u201cI never thought to ask him. I thought he was just being cranky.\u201d<\/p>\n

I went on to share that from my experience when children are acting out, there is something bothering them. At this young age, they don\u2019t know how to contextualize what\u2019s going on, and they also don\u2019t have the vocabulary to explain it, so our opportunity as parents is to help them figure it out.<\/p>\n

I gave him one of the tools that I used with Caidin in these situations. When Caidin was four he sometimes could find it difficult to explain to me, but he never had a problem explaining to his giant stuffed Mickey Mouse (it was about the same size as Caidin) I would put Mickey on my lap, so that Caidin was looking at Mickey and not me and then I\u2019d make Mickey talk. He would ask Caidin questions and Caidin would answer. We got to the bottom of a lot of interpersonal problems at school in this way. After Caidin would talk to Mickey, Mickey would then turn it back over to me to help Caidin figure things out. Caidin knew it was me and my voice, but for whatever reason, it was easier to sort things out when he was directing it at Mickey.<\/p>\n

We can forget that little kids have the same kinds of experiences that we as adults have. What\u2019s different is that for them these experiences are new. They haven\u2019t been through it yet and they don\u2019t know how to navigate through these experiences. Our opportunity as Conscious Parents, Conscious Teachers and Conscious Care-Givers is to recognize mood and behavioral changes and then when we do, try to help our children communicate. Sometimes they need help putting words to what they are experiencing and almost always they need information, insight, guidance and tools (strategies) to help them navigate.<\/p>\n

Children may be small, but that\u2019s all that\u2019s little about them. I tend to think that they experience things, which we have come to take for granted, in a much more intense and overwhelming way because these experiences are all new.<\/p>\n

When we see our children completely we recognize that life doesn\u2019t start as a teenager, it starts from the minute we arrive. With our first breath (or maybe even before it) we begin our life long journey of making sense of the world we find ourselves in and then learning how to navigate it.<\/p>\n

As Conscious Parents we get to help and support our kids from the very beginning. We get to help them find their voice, understand emotions, and to make choices that will help them be the best person they can be.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2012 Christine Agro<\/p>\n

Christine Agro is a clairvoyant, naturopath, Master Herbalist, conscious mom and author of 50 Ways to Live Life Consciously as well as of The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms\u2019 Edition). Christine is founder of\u00a0The Conscious Mom\u2019s Guide<\/em><\/a>, a membership site where she helps support you on your own journey of living life consciously and on your journey of being a Conscious parent. You can also join Christine on\u00a0Facebook<\/em><\/a>. To contact Christine, to schedule an appointment with her or inquire about having Christine speak please\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her.<\/p>\n

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