When to Validate Your Kids Feelings (And When Not to)

<p>🔗 Parenting Wisdom Membership — launching May 19th:https://www.efratamira.com/community1🔗 Full interview with Yechiel Harari: https://youtu.be/m92MWmACDBs?si=EykX6fUiYgfI5c7iAs parents, we&#39;ve moved away from the old model — power, control, shame — and toward something more empathetic. We validate our children&#39;s feelings, hold space, and try to make them feel seen. And that shift matters. But many of us have ended up with a lot of empathy and not a lot of direction. We&#39;ve traded control for acceptance — and somewhere in between, we lost our authority.This video is about finding the middle ground. Parenting with authority not control. Seeing your child fully — and leading them at the same time.Drawing on the foundations of Jewish psychology, as explained by Yechiel Harari in his book Breaking the Boundaries of Personality, I explore a concept that completely changed how I see my role as a parent: the difference between wanted and unwanted emotions. Not good or bad emotions — but emotions that move your child toward connection and growth, and emotions that pull them inward and block who they truly are.This one idea — once you really get it — shifts you from validator to director. And that shift is what spiritual parenting actually looks like in practice.In this episode I walk through two real scenarios — a child losing a board game and sibling jealousy — and show exactly how the therapeutic approach and the Jewish wisdom approach handle each one differently.If you&#39;ve ever wondered how to respond to your child&#39;s emotional outbursts without shaming them or losing your authority — this is the episode for you.</p>