What Does it Mean to Be An Emotional Coaching Parent?

Sometimes being a parent, when we see our children hurting, in emotional pain, struggling, sad, angry... We just want to FIX it. Fixing it is a temporary solution, consider "emotional coaching". These are great opportunities to teach life long lessons to your children if you can get past your own desire to fix. Look at the picture below, provided by the Gottman Institute, to help you become an emotional coach to your child and teach them a life long lesson!