"What we model to our children in their hardest moments becomes the rhythm of their inner world.
If they’re met with impatience, they may learn to shrink their feelings, rush their healing, question their worth.
Their nervous system begins to brace — not just for the moment, but for life.
But when they’re met with calm, with deep breaths and open arms, they begin to wire safety into their body.
They begin to trust that they are not too much. That their big feelings won’t push love away. That they can fall apart — and still be held.
That’s the voice they’ll carry. Not one that unsettles, but one that steadies…
Even when we’re no longer always right there to speak it."
