Coaching practices for Internalize Values Children

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I want my child to carry a solid sense of who they are even when I’m not there to remind them
• My child has gotten so used to being "the difficult one" that they act like it’s just who they are
• My child can’t seem to name what they’re feeling
• I keep avoiding this even though I’m capable of it and I do care, and I can’t explain why
• I stand up and tell my team what we value, but I’ve started to wonder whether my own choices actually match the words

Practices that may help

1. Build the child’s inner wealth narrative over time
   Consistently reflect back who the child is becoming, not just what they’re doing.
   The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
2. Use experiential recognition to highlight strengths in the moment
   Catch the child demonstrating a virtue and name the virtue directly.
   The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
3. Build mindsight by reflecting inner experience
   Describe your own inner experience in everyday conversation to build the child’s "mind-seeing" capacity.
   The Whole-Brain Child (Siegel & Bryson)
4. Socialise your values and expectations to reduce hidden motivation barriers
   Others’s expectations and transmitted values shape whether you believe you belong in a domain — making implicit messages explicit clears hidden motivation blocks.
   Expectancy-Value Theory: Why You Try (or Don’t)
5. Model the values you expect (idealized influence)
   Become a living example of the values you want your team to hold.
   Transformational Leadership, Made Practical
6. Engage the upstairs brain through curiosity and play
   Ask questions that require the child to think, imagine, or consider another perspective.
   The Whole-Brain Child (Siegel & Bryson)
7. Develop your own compass for decisions
   Build a personal value system that guides decisions independently of social approval.
   Kegan’s Subject-Object Theory, Made Practical
8. Recognize what is not happening with proactive recognition
   Catch the child not misbehaving and name the success explicitly.
   The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
9. Listen empathically and validate the feeling
   Reflect the emotion you see accurately before you do anything else.
   Emotion Coaching (John Gottman)
10. Explain the reason behind rules
    Children who understand why a rule exists are more likely to internalize it — and more likely to generalize it to new situations.
    Authoritative Parenting (Diana Baumrind)

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