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Before you go...

 

I'd love to share one meditation with you.

 

It's just a few minutes long.

No pressure.

No parenting "tips."

 

Simply a gentle invitation to pause, notice what's happening, and reconnect with your child.

What is your child interested in?

What is your child interested in?Una Archer
00:00 / 08:00

What: A lot of our time is taken up by managing daily logistics: getting to places, mealtimes and keeping the house from descending into chaos. It is easy to lose sight of who your child is becoming when you are managing so much. This meditation is an opportunity to pause and tune into your child's world, to what truly lights them up.


Why: Our children’s interests are windows into what they are exploring and their developing identity. Slowing down to understand and support their passions can help us nurture genuine connection.

Even though you might understand the value of supporting your child’s exploration, the reality of doing it might bring up mixed feelings. If you are already overstimulated or tired, the suggestion of researching a place to visit, buying resources, or asking deeper questions can feel like a burden rather than a joy. This meditation will offer you a space to notice what is coming up without judgment (hopefully), so that you can come up with an idea for supporting your child’s exploration that works for both you and your child.


How: This meditation offers a space to connect with a moment your child was excited about something or seemed in their element. It also invites you to come up with a practical idea for supporting their exploration.


What if: You might be wondering: What if I sit through this meditation and nothing comes up? What if I realise I have no idea what my child is interested in right now? That is completely okay. Developing this awareness is not about forcing an answer on the spot. If your mind is blank, simply leave this question at the back of your mind. Carry this curiosity over the next few days or weeks and see what happens. You may hear a comment, a question, or notice a quiet moment of play that gives you a better idea about what your child is interested in.

TRANSCRIPT

This meditation is an opportunity to connect with what you know about your child's interests and maybe to let some ideas to come about how you could support them in their interests. Take a few slow mindful breaths, connecting with your breath, with your body with yourself, spend a few moments observing, noticing your breath without changing it simply becoming aware that it is there notice the sensations that are present in your body. And when you're ready connect with your child, bring them up in your mind's eye and search for a moment, allow a moment to come up when they were excited about something. Maybe you saw how engaged they were in an activity, maybe you felt they are in their element. Maybe they shared an idea or something they were thinking about. Stay with that moment. Notice the detail. Notice if your body responds to it in any way and if nothing comes up that's completely fine as well. Just trust that, let that question sit at the back of your mind and trust that in the next few days, in the next few weeks something will come. A moment, a question, a share which will allow you to have more of an insight into your child's current interests. And the next enquiry for this meditation is about supporting that interest. See if any ideas come up. Maybe you can ask some questions. Spend some time listening. Maybe you can learn something about it or maybe your child can do with some resources or maybe there is a place where they can learn more about it. Trust your knowing, trust your intuition and if an idea popped into your mind take a mental note or write it down. And see if you have an idea, see how you feel about acting on that idea. Do you feel excited? Do you feel reluctant? Do you feel like it's yet another thing on your plate? There's no judgment, there is no right or wrong. Just notice how you feel. We'll bring this meditation to a close with a few more mindful breaths. Become aware of your whole body as you inhale and exhale. Become aware of the support that's underneath you and if your eyes are closed allow to gently open and come back into the room.

Una Archer

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