A Step by Step Guide to Helping Children Move Out of Their Comfort Zone

How Not to Screw Up Your Kids - A podcast by Dr Maryhan

In this episode I am going to take you through a step by step guide to helping your children move out of their comfort zone. By comfort zone I mean that place where they are coasting - doing things they are familiar with and not stretching themselves beyond that. Moving out of their comfort zone is all about trying new things, meeting new people and all the slightly scary things they always so ‘thank you but no thank you to’ not because they don’t want to do them - rather they feel far too scary to even try. Here are the highlights: {1:50} Supporting our children beyond their comfort zone {4:36} Being get drawn into who's the best parent {8:49} The ladder strategy {11:54} Consolidating step by step {16:28} Helping our children to manage their internal dialogue {20:29} The power of post-it notes {25:17} Visualising the progress 💚 Let's grow our village together, please share this episode with at least one friend 💚 Complete the listener poll to let me know what you'd like in future episodes💚 You can watch the Bucket Emptying Episodes on Youtube💚 Access the free resources mentioned in the episodes💚 Join our campaign One Million Moments to reduce the number of children struggling with mental health challenges from 17% to 10% by 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.