Posts Tagged "fair"
Does Fair Mean Equal?
Ever since we were little, my older sister Colleen has been concerned with "fairness." She was aware of every discrepancy between the two of us, from the amount of attention we got from our parents to the number of apple slices we each had on our plates at snack time. Since we were a Language of Listening® household, my parents used Success Training to turn this hyper-awareness into a...
Read MoreFreedom From “Life Lessons”
Remember the little girl who started all this (Language of Listening®) way back at age four when she had a problem at her preschool and then suddenly couldn't leave my leg? And I sought help from an internationally known play therapist, Dr. Garry Landreth, because she was only a few months away from starting Kindergarten? By age 26, here's how the world seemed to Colleen as voiced during her...
Read MorePain Buster
While recovering from pneumonia last month, I had a lot of down time, so I used the "opportunity" for some deep pondering in hopes of finding some hidden belief that, if revealed and finally heard, could reduce the pain. BTW, pneumonia hurts! You don't want to get it. I promise. I found one. It showed up as an indignant cry from my childhood that "Life should not hurt!" Interestingly enough, that...
Read MoreSibling Rivalry
Child: "You always buy her whatever she wants! You never do that for me! You love her more!" When your child challenges your fairness, remember to say what the child is feeling without defending your actions. This is harder than it sounds since we are programmed to defend. But, if a child fusses about unfair treatment and we jump in with all kinds of defenses like, "I bought her those shoes...
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