{"id":4660,"date":"2021-10-22T21:55:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T02:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.circalegacy.com\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2021-10-22T21:57:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T02:57:08","slug":"improve-emotional-health-by-defining-family-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.circalegacy.com\/improve-emotional-health-by-defining-family-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Emotional Health by Defining Your Family Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"
Can emotional health be connected to a story about your grandma’s difficult childhood? It turns out family stories are more than entertainment. They’re one of the best ways to teach your kids resilience.<\/p>\n
Before we get into the science side of this article, I thought about some of the recurring stories my kids want me to tell them:<\/p>\n
“Mom, tell me about that time your sister got stuck in the mud and you left her there and didn’t tell anybody.”<\/p>\n
“Will you tell me the story of when you were a baby and Aunt Heidi made you eat poisonous toadstools?”<\/p>\n
“I want to hear about the 4th of July when Grandpa accidentally shot a firework at Uncle Bandy and it burned a hole in his shirt.”<\/p>\n
As a kid, I asked my parents and grandparents to tell me stories about:<\/p>\n
“Grandpa, tell me about that time Troy almost drowned in the pond.”<\/p>\n
“Grandma, what did you do after the hurricane destroyed your trailer home?”<\/p>\n
“What was it like to have polio, Grandma?”<\/p>\n