And here’s another powerful takeaway: while our children can benefit from emotional vaccination, so can we. Visualize a situation that might be tough for you today. Now, direct inward caring, understanding, and allowing in advance: “I am allowed to feel this way. I am going to take a deep breath now, in anticipation . . . and maybe I’ll find that deep-breath-and-compassion circuit when the moment itself comes.” You’d be surprised how powerful it can be.
