Recently while going through internet researching on better ways of Parenting, I stumbled upon a very well written article on Mindful Parenting. I thought a lot of Parents can benefit from this, so sharing that to you all. All the credit goes to original writer: Jill Cedar. Mindful parenting means that you bring your conscious attention to what’s happening, instead of getting hijacked by your emotions. What does your stress look like? Our bodies and brains are wired to react to high stress situations as a safety net. If our brain perceives a threat, it signals the amygdala, the body’s “alarm” system, which tells our body to act without thinking. The amygdala responds to situations with the fight, flight, or freeze response. This is to protect us, but our stress receptors cannot distinguish between real dangers or false dangers. In everyday parenting, our stress response often gets triggered unnecessarily by events that are not actually life threatening. Our bodies are reacting to our k...