Heart4kidsadvocacyforum's Blog

As parents we all want our children to love, honor, respect and trust us.  These are the mutual element of what constitutes a strong and healthy relationship.  Having and engaging in a healthy relationship with our children, is a lifetime adventure through so many scenarios that provide opportunities to test and support the strength and quality of our relationship.  These moments where we engage in building and leaning in on our trust with one another, afford us the chance to solidify the quality and intensity of that trust.  It is so important for our children to know they can trust us.  There will be times when just knowing they can trust us with their thoughts, feelings, and situations that challenge them, will be key to their ability to move through and give them a strong sense of also trusting themselves to reach out to us.

Never underestimate the ability of our children being able to use their gift of discernment to know when and when not to trust of distrust.  They know when people are being genuine when they are engaging with them and if they do not trust them, they shut down communication. The interesting thing about this is that some children if their gift of discernment is not nurtured and validated along the way, they can lose touch with their ability to look through people and situations that are attempting to deceive them.  We have a responsibility as parents to be intentional about supporting the well-being of our children’s self-esteem and sense of worth. 

When children feel secure in being loved by their parents and the village that is committed to them, they are able to utilize their intuitive discernment to assess what is in fact someone or something trustworthy.  In this society and world, we are living in, our children need this ability to know confidently who they can trust.  We model what trust looks like, feels like, and acts like. So parents, lets shower them with every opportunity we have to build age appropriate trust experiences and lessons.  One of the impactful experiences for an adult is to be in a position where you no longer trust anyone.  We don’t want that for our children.

The challenge for us as parents is to fortify our children and let them be assured that we are there and can be “Trusted”!