Conscious Parenting, Boundary-Setting and Communication With Children | With Swati Jagdish

If you are active in the wellness space, you would have definitely come across the concept of inner child healing and the adverse effects of childhood trauma. While healing from their own childhood baggage, most new parents are also struggling to ensure they do not repeat the same patterns of what was done to them. But what exactly should a parent do or not do?

In this episode, Dr Vignesh is interviewing Swati Jagdish on what exactly conscious parenting is. Together, they explore how to build responsive communication at home, navigate meal-time struggles, the ABCs of handling tantrums and rage attacks of kids and more.

Timestamps

00:00:00 - 00:03:05 Mental Health in 2024
00:03:06 - 00:08:07 Introduction to Gentle Parenting
00:08:08 - 00:16:16 Anger Episodes & Communication
00:16:16 - 00:21:00 Emotions & Screen-time Struggles
00:21:00 - 00:27:07 Food Patterns & Feeding Myths
00:27:40 - 00:30:18 Force Feeding a Child
00:30:19 - 00:41:22 Baby led Eating

Swati is a lactation educator and counsellor with specialization in Gentle and Respectful parenting approach. You can reach her at https://www.instagram.com/mayas_amma/...

The topics discussed in this episode are:

The need for conscious parenting in the 21st Century
How to teach responsive communication in everyday activities
How to navigate through meal-time struggles
The ABCs of handling tantrums and rage attacks of kids
The start of mind-body connections and healthy boundaries for a 6-month-old
The damaging outcomes of Force-eating and screen time on a child
How to build the blocks of Awareness and power of ‘no’ for a child
How to deal with bullying and bullies with your children
Friends or Parents - the wiser way of parenting
Why do children lie to their parents? And how do we undo these patterns?
Infusing the understanding of safe touch, safe space and safe boundaries