Every parent has had that moment. You find out something was going on with your child, not from them, but from a teacher, another parent, or a message you were never meant to see. And underneath the worry is a quieter, harder question: why didn’t they come to me?
In this episode:
What is the relationship dynamic that makes your child feel that hiding is safer than telling the truth?
What is your child really afraid of when they aren’t being straight with you?
What’s running through their mind when they’re deciding whether to come to you or keep things to themselves?
One of the most powerful parenting lessons in the Sunnah
This week’s practical takeaway:
The next time you discover your child is keeping things from you, before you have a knee-jerk reaction, stop for a second. Instead of wondering why they didn’t tell you, ask yourself, what did they think would happen if they did?
And if you reflect on that answer honestly, there might be something you want to change.
This episode accompanies this week’s Monday essay, I’m Learning Just Like They Are.
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