Raising Kids Stress Free

By Guest Blogger – Nurse Nancy

“Which came first, The Chicken or the Egg?” – Ancient Philosopher

This has been a question that has been around since the beginning of time. A quick Wiki search tells us that the ancient philosopher Aristotle concluded that: both the bird and egg must have always existed. As you ponder this for a moment, I would like to change from the thought of the creation of foul and move it more to the topic of stress and then change the words “egg” and “chicken” to “child” and “adult”. Then ask the question again: Which came first, stress in the adult or the child?

As a reader of StopStressingNow.com I know you are well tuned to the cause and effect of stress. And most likely have zeroed in on what is causing your stress and how to practice stress relief techniques, but have you ever wondered when the stress started? I know my stress did not happen all at once nor is it all about one thing. In fact, my training has taught and shown me that much of my adult stress started as child fear or child anxiety and stayed with me until I was able to experience techniques and therapy that dissolved their roots. It would have been great if my parents could have helped me through those initial stressful events, but the knowledge was just not widely available back then. Luckily for our children, it is available today.

If you don’t already know, I am a champion for positive parenting and have developed the ‘art of encouraging and guiding our children while they sleep’ which I call Pillow Talk. Pillow Talks have given me incredible parenting skill for eliminating child fear, anxiety and worries at their causes. It works almost like magic. Here is a quick real life example:

Sarah came running. “Mommy, Mommy, it stung me, it hurts,” she  managed to say between the tears. Sure enough, Sarah had crossed a curious wasp’s flight path.

With some tender loving care and the passing of a couple days, the physical wound was gone. However, anytime Sarah saw any bug she was frantic. It was horrible to watch my vibrant and courageous daughter on the swing set ready to jump off the swing when any flying insect went by.

Was Sara to go through life afraid of bugs?

That night, using loving words and encouragement, I had a Pillow Talk with  Sarah.

The next day Sarah came running to me and said, “Come here Mom,   I want to show you something.” As I went with her she said with enthusiasm, “Look Mom, a bug! Let’s watch what it does!”. “Okay!” I said.     Sarah has respected bugs every since.

Learn more ways to reduce child stress, child fear, child worries or just gain a few parenting tips to encourage and guide your kids by visiting me at http://www.NurseNancyBeck.com.  Find my book “Pillow Talk: Loving Affirmations to Encourage and Guide your Children” on my website or on Amazon.com. Please leave comments, ask questions or write subject idea’s for future articles.

Blessings of happiness,

Nurse Nancy Beck