When you teach your children mindsight skills that empower them to separate the events of their lives from their inner experience, you’ll also be teaching them a key truth regarding emotions: that feelings are important and should definitely be recognized as such, but we also should recognize that they are flowing and changing throughout our lives, and throughout our day. We need to teach our kids to, yes, of course, pay attention to what they’re feeling. Feelings reveal and give meaning to life. We never want to deny our emotions; it’s important to be aware of what’s happening within us. But
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