Dear Mama Vee
And I truly have come to realise that Mama Vee’s involvement in my Little One’s life affords me the capacity to be the best mom possible to him. She helps me meet his needs and affords me the opportunity to get the best of him in the afternoons when I get home from work.
Being the calm in a storm: regulating our emotions
Emotional regulation is learned, and many of us were raised in a time where outward displays of emotion were not tolerated very well. Instead of being taught to regulate and understand our emotions, we were encouraged to suppress them or punished for the behaviors associated with them. We are trying to help our children regulate their emotions when in fact, we have no idea how to regulate our own.
