If your child is in danger by all means do act quickly! However, some situations might require you to do nothing and other situations might require you to help your child foster awareness or problem solve.

RESPOND: There isn’t one right response for every situation. What skills is my child learning right now?.Why does this situation make me feel uncomfortable?.

What is the potential for serious harm?.REFLECT: Look at the situation with fresh eyes and ask yourself: STOP: Notice what you are about to say and tell your brain to “STOP!” or “PAUSE”.īREATHE: Acknowledge how you feel and take a deep controlled breath. Even though your child isn’t in immediate danger you want to call out “Be Careful!”, here’s what you can do instead: In a flash your brain calculate multiple scenarios, all of them end badly. Imagine this scenario: Your child is climbing up a small tree and the slim branches are bowing under her weight. What To Do and Say Instead Breaking the Habit! It teaches kids that they should avoid taking risks, trying new things and making mistakes because bad things could happen, an yes bad things can happen, but kids need to engage in risky and challenging play for healthy growth and development. The other problem with saying “Be Careful!” is that it instills fear. When you tell a child “Be Careful!” it usually doesn’t get the response you’re hoping for, either they’ll give you a look of confusion (“what’s there to be afraid of?”), ignore you (“this isn’t scary!”) or start crying (“something really bad is about to happen!”). “Be Careful!” could mean “watch out for the poison ivy!” or “watch out the sky is falling!”. Saying “Be Careful!” to children is probably one of the least helpful things we can say to them. Why We Need to Stop Telling Our Kids to “Be Careful” They’ve crossed the log many times, but each time they do I hold my breath in anticipation… and to stop myself from blurting out “Be Careful!” a hundred times over. Nevertheless, the challenge is there and my kids must take it, every time. The tree is solid, but falling would hurt, a lot.

It spans across the distance of the ravine, from one end to the other.

At the end of a ravine there lies a fallen tree. Near our home there’s a forest that we enjoy exploring.

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