Stephen Covey in his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (another useful resource to consider), talks about depositing into an emotional bank account when you are developing a meaningful relationship.

As you think about relationships and safety, think first about yourself and then also about how you engage with others. As you reflect on your own relationships and feel a sense of safety, how have these dynamics developed for you?

How have your relationships evolved? What helps you to feel safe? What would you consider to be a useful deposit into your emotional bank account?

Now think about how you engage with children in your professional practiceas an ELCC. How do you develop a relationship with children? How do you help children experience a felt sense of safety? Do children interpret these actions in the way that you intend them to be interpreted? How do past experiences influence the interpretation of present actions?

Please write these questions and write in a minimum of about 350 words in your own experience .... .