Trust, Respect, and Love Unconditionally
Yesterday, I wrote a blog post called A Few Raw Thoughts on a Crumpled Piece of Paper. In this post, I explored some thoughts about unconditional love, respect, and trust.
This morning, I told my daughter Sophie what I’d been writing about, and she started sharing her own thoughts on this subject. I found these thoughts very interesting. I scribbled them down on a scrap of paper as Sophie was speaking, Then I said, “Can I interview you for a podcast? Can we talk about unconditional love, trust, and respect?”
Sophie was very happy to chat with me, so this afternoon, we had a second conversation which I recorded and then edited. I turned the interview into episode 70 of my Stories of an Unschooling Family podcast.
In this episode, we explored the following questions:
Should every parent respect and love their children unconditionally?
Do all children feel loved unconditionally? If not, why not?
How does Sophie know I love her?
Do all parents talk to their children with respect? If not, what does Sophie think they’re doing wrong?
Why do parents criticise their children and what does criticism do to them? Does it result in a child trying harder?
How can a parent encourage a child to overcome her faults?
Is it really necessary to change our children? Do all children have to be the same?
What do misbehaving children need?
Do we gossip about our children?
Is writing down our thoughts and feelings valuable?
What is trust? How can trust grow between parent and child?
Do we judge people on their appearance? Including children?
Am I a perfect mother? Have I got everything worked out? Or is it okay if I make mistakes?
Will you listen? If you do, we hope you’ll be patient. Sophie is suffering from allergies and this is affecting her ability to speak clearly. Speaking with a stuffy nose was very annoying for her. Sophie did her best and I’m grateful for her effort.
Show Notes
Blog posts
A Few Raw Thoughts on a Crumpled Piece of Paper
What if Wrinkles Were Beautiful?
Podcast Music
Images: I took these photos of Sophie this morning. We had coffee together at the shopping centre. While we sipped, we chatted about unconditional love, respect and trust. That conversation led to this podcast.
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