The Leadership Move You May be Missing at Home: Understanding and Mastering the Power of Silence

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The Confidad Podcast

Dan Tinquist

54 episodes

5 days ago

The Confidad Podcast is here to help you learn how to build better bonds with your children. Deep, joyful bonds that will strengthen the bridge between you and your child so that when hard conversations need to be had, your relationship can handle that weight. We are all busy parents, and no one needs "one more thing to do." Confidad is here to empower and equip you in slight shifts in perspective and practice within the time you already spend with your kids. Join with us as we explore what it looks like to create deep and joyful bonds with our kids.

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The Leadership Move You May be Missing at Home: Understanding and Mastering the Power of Silence | Season 2 Episode 32

The Confidad Podcast

11 minutes 58 seconds

7 months ago

The Leadership Move You May be Missing at Home: Understanding and Mastering the Power of Silence | Season 2 Episode 32

Summary

In this episode of the Confidad podcast, Dan Tinquist explores the significance of silence in parenting. He emphasizes how silence can communicate unintentional messages to children and the importance of addressing sensitive topics openly. Dan also discusses the strategic use of silence to foster deeper communication and trust between parents and children, encouraging parents to create a safe space for dialogue.

Takeaways

I'm the only one who can fulfill the father role I have, so I choose to do it well.

Our silence can communicate things we're not intending to say.

If we're silent on certain topics, it means we're not a safe place.

We need to be the ones that begin these conversations with our kids.

Silence can be used strategically to listen and understand our kids better.

Utilizing silence can help draw out our kids' thoughts and feelings.

Open-ended questions combined with silence show that we care.

Silence can communicate trust, love, and patience without words.

Being present in silence can create a non-anxious environment.

Starting with just 35 seconds of silence can open up communication with our kids.

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