The 6 Critical Emotional Needs of Children with Anna Seewald

2022-03-24

In this solo episode Anna talks about the 6 critical emotional needs of children. She provides an overview with some examples to help you understand your children better; become a better decoder of their behavior, uncover their emotional needs and meet the needs with responsiveness and sensitivity. She goes over her 4 Buckets Framework for understanding challenging behaviors (NEEDS is only one of the categories). In our culture we are always fixated on the behavior itself(we want to stop, correct and get rid of). When we focus on the behavior in isolation (wanting to stop, c...

She goes over her 4 Buckets Framework for understanding challenging behaviors (NEEDS is only one of the categories).

In our culture we are always fixated on the behavior itself(we want to stop, correct and get rid of). When we focus on the behavior in isolation (wanting to stop, correct, get rid of etc.) and see the behavior as the problem, we misunderstand children. We miss the mark.

So challenging behaviors not only persist but escalate and become more destructive, and intensify.

Behavior-based approach is not effective.

In no particular order here are the 6 emotional needs:

Safety
Respect
Acceptance
Autonomy
Significance
Connection

If you want to learn more and go deeper, get The Why of Challeneging Behaviors and the How-to of Dealing with Them now.

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