Ep: 136: Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. on Showing Up for our Kids During COVID-19

<p><strong><a href= "https://sunshine-parenting.com/ep-136-tina-payne-bryson-ph-d-on-showing-up-for-our-kids-during-during-covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Show notes & links</a>.</strong></p> <p>Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. has encouraging advice to share during COVID-19. We talked in January (<a href= "https://sunshine-parenting.com/ep-121-the-power-of-showing-up/">Ep. 121: The Power of Showing Up with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson)</a> about her new book with Dr. Daniel Siegel, <em>The Power of Showing Up</em>, and the message of the book is so relevant to our intense time with our kids during this pandemic.</p> <p>We chatted again last week (during Week 4 of "Iso for the Rona") on a Facebook Live interview. This week's podcast is the audio from that interview.</p> <p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7138" src= "https://sunshine-parenting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/073-IMG_7648.jpg" alt="" width="2160" height="1440" /></p> <h2>Big Ideas</h2> <ul> <li>During hard times, it's easy to focus on what's going wrong instead of what's going right.</li> <li>We all need to find ways to stay sane and grounded. Some ideas are: gratitude practices, physical exercise, being in nature, and finding ways to connect with your loved ones.</li> <li>Showing up and being present for your children is one of the best predictors for future success, as well as for overall health and wellbeing.</li> <li>The four S's help to promote secure attachment, helping kids feel <strong>s</strong>afe, <strong>s</strong>een, <strong>s</strong>oothed, and <strong>s</strong>ecure.</li> <li>It is during insecure times like these that our biological attachment system compels us to connect with people in our lives who help us to feel safe, seen, soothed, and secure.</li> <li>Just being present for your child is enough.</li> <li>Parents need to work on their own emotional balance, resilience, insight, and empathy and that work will carry over and strengthen their relationships.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><a href