On this episode of Seeds for your garden, I talk about what can happen when we parent froma place of fear. Specifically fear of causing trauma for our children, or of disappointing them. This is something that I am seeing often with the mothers I work with and though it is natural and healthy to act in ways that will not result in trauma for our kids, when our parenting becomes fear based there are a number of ways that this can lead to less than ideal outcomes. I also discuss some reframes that can help shift us from fear based parenting toward parenting in a way that instead centers the experiences we do want our children to have with us.