One of the toughest hurdles as a parent is knowing when NOT to intervene — and that’s even harder when physical harm is involved!
Willow Smith made the shocking revelation on her mom’s Facebook Watch show, Red Table Talk, that she had been “cutting” after the 2010 success of Whip My Hair.
Now momma Jada Pinkett Smith, who was just as surprised as the rest of us, is explaining how she dealt with finding out.
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On The Moms podcast, per People, Jada explained to hosts Denise Albert and Melissa Musen Gerstein, as well as her own mom, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, how she tried not to push too hard:
“I wanted to make sure she was okay. We went through what happened and in the moment I realized as a mother you also have to give your children space to deal with their own shadow.”
After all, as she pointed out:
“There’s lots of things that my mother didn’t know about me that she’s just finding out about me. Our kids don’t want to burden us.”
So how did she approach without going into hysterics?
“I focused more on how she got herself out versus what got her there. I was most proud about that she could share it in the way she did, which let me know she had come through in a major way that she could put it on the table like that.
I wanted to focus on what [it was] that got her through. I really talked to her about her powering side of her journey and give her all the praise in the world for that part instead of focusing on, ‘Why didn’t you tell me?'”
Wow. Parenting challenge passed with flying colors!
How would YOU handle finding out your child was self-harming??
[Image via Derrick Salters/WENN.]
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