{"id":12465,"date":"2019-10-08T16:39:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T16:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/?p=12465"},"modified":"2019-10-08T17:14:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T17:14:47","slug":"october-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/?p=12465","title":{"rendered":"October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12465\" class=\"elementor elementor-12465\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a167e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a167e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-959d63b\" data-id=\"959d63b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92686d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92686d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Change is in the Air!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The weather has cooled off and the change of seasons is in the air.\u00a0\u00a0Not everyone likes the change as we head into fall toward winter. The days are becoming shorter; Halloween decorations are going up and Pumpkin Spice is everywhere. How do you deal with change?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many kids really struggle with change or transitions of any kind. It throws them off of their center. Let\u2019s get real, a lot of adults don\u2019t like it either.\u00a0\u00a0I find that the most sensitive people struggle with change the most.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s just harder to adjust to things being new or different for highly sensitive souls.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How do your kids adjust to change? Are they just go-with-the-flow types? Do they resist transitions of all sorts? Here are a few tips for getting through changes \u2013 and we know that the only constant in this life is change!<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Give kids as much warning as possible when change is coming. For example, leaving to go somewhere, someone is coming over, dinner isn\u2019t what they were expecting, practice is cancelled due to rain, etc\u2026<\/span><\/li><li><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many changes can not be anticipated. Try to proactively warn your kids about things that might not be as expected. For example, you never know when a teacher or best friend might not be at school and your child will have to adapt to that big, unexpected shift. A friend might be coming for a playdate, but we never know when things will change at the last minute. Warn your child of what the plan B might be. \u201cIf Bobby isn\u2019t able to make it for the playdate, we might go to the park instead.\u201d<\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Have lots of compassion for how hard it is.<\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Don\u2019t make things happen out of fear of your child\u2019s reaction if they don\u2019t. We have to teach them to deal with the difficult parts of life. Sit in the discomfort with them, but don\u2019t make it all better.\u00a0\u00a0The more they overcome tough moments, the more faith they will have in themselves that they CAN get through tough moments. (I can\u2019t say this one enough times!)<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Change is hard sometimes, but change can also be very exciting because it invites in the new. Help your child see the positive parts of change. When the best friend is home sick from school, look at the opportunity to play with new friends! Be an annoying optimist!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><figure style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: -webkit-standard;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/1f60a\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude0a\" \/><\/span><\/figure><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Happy Fall, my friends!\u00a0\u00a0Enjoy this lovely season!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With love,<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10.66px; padding: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 24px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'brush script mt'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 39.9467px; margin: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bette<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: -webkit-standard;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change is in the Air! The weather has cooled off and the change of seasons is in the air.&nbsp;&nbsp;Not everyone likes the change as we head into fall toward winter.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/?p=12465\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12465"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12489,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12465\/revisions\/12489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/balancedparenting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}