👨‍👩‍👧 Empowered Parenting for Stronger Families
Course overview
Lesson Overview

11.76 – Respecting Your Child’s Comfort Items and Rituals: Comfort items and rituals are powerful tools that help children feel grounded and safe in unpredictable environments. Whether it is a favorite toy, blanket, or repeated bedtime action, these attachments provide stability through sensory familiarity. Respecting them means not taking them away to force maturity but recognizing their emotional function. Parents can gradually introduce flexibility by allowing comfort items in more settings before limiting their use. Honoring rituals also helps maintain daily calm and structure. These practices teach emotional regulation by connecting security to self-soothing, not external approval. Over time, children may naturally move toward independence once they feel safe. Respecting comfort items builds trust, reduces anxiety, and turns ordinary moments into sources of peace and belonging.

About this course

A practical guide to building stronger family relationships through effective parenting strategies, positive communication, and supportive discipline.

This course includes:
  • Practical parenting strategies and discipline frameworks
  • Communication exercises to improve parent-child relationships
  • Real-world scenarios for practicing conflict resolution and problem-solving

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