Motherly Advice About Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids

This week’s teaching at Headquarters of Standing and Rebuilding Ministries dealt with our IDENTITY IN GOD’S EYES The post below ⬇️ describes how a (non believer) parent decided to handle a near bullying incident.

In the Comment Section that follows the post, please share your thoughts. Would you have handled the situation differently? If so, how?

(Where ) do YOU see your child’s identity awareness being challenged? What can YOU DO ABOUT IT?

Remember—We parents are responsible for teaching our children WHO THEY REALLY ARE!!

Otherwise, how can they know the truth?

Here’s the (true?) story:

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So this actually happened with my own daughter.

She came home from school one day quiet, kind of withdrawn, and I could tell something was off.

And when I finally got her to talk, she told me the girls at school had called her weird.

My first instinct was to say "just ignore it, it's not true, don't let it bother you."

But then she said something that stopped me completely. She said she thought she'd never make friends because everyone thought she was weird.

And I realized in that moment that "just ignore it" wasn't going to build anything in her. It was just going to teach her to swallow it.

So instead of dismissing it, I asked her how she felt. And then I started teaching her something different…that when people say hurtful things, it says way more about them than it does about you.

And that she could respond from a place of confidence, not hurt.

Now these are the actual words I've been practicing with my kids. 👇

If someone says you're weird — "it's okay if you think that. I like myself the way I am."

If someone says no one likes you — "that's okay. I love myself."

If someone says I won't be your friend unless you… — "that's okay. I have other friends."

Because I don't want my kids to just survive those moments. I want them to stand in them.

Teaching them these responses taught me something too …that confidence isn't about never getting hurt. It's about knowing your worth even when someone tries to take it from you.

Tap ❤️ if you've ever watched your kid walk through the door and just known something happened

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Motherly Advice About Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids