So what should you do when your child hurts you? Any action you take with your child when you're reacting from physical pain will have results thatĪren't good for either of you. When you lose all access to reason and feel justified You snarl at your child through clenched teeth, or start screaming, or become physically rough. That automatically drops us onto "the low road" of parenting. Pain sends us immediately into our lower brain stem, which governs the "fight or flight" impulse,Īnd our beloved child immediately looks like the enemy. Staying calm when our child hurts us is almost impossible. ![]() I wish I could remain calm in those kind of situations." I know that probably he didn't mean it but the pain sometimes brought me to tears. "For me the biggest problem still remains my own anger and fear when my boy is crossing the line - especially regarding safety.
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