Posts Tagged "wishes"
Grant Your Food Wishes In Fantasy
If you ever had any doubts about the SAY WHAT YOU SEE strategy of granting children's wishes in fantasy originated by Dr. Haim Ginott, author of the parenting classic, Between Parent and Child, there is a NY Times article by John Tierney that discusses something he calls the Imagine Diet for adults. He says: "The experiments at Carnegie Mellon are the first to show that habituation to food can...
Read MoreNew Perspective on Two’s & Crying Bouts
Age 2 is challenging for most of us, thus the unfortunate phrase, "terrible two's." It tells us a lot about how we feel about boundaries, crying and expressions of anger. Once you understand your feelings, it gets easier to accept your child's. See if this helps put crying bouts into perspective. As you know, children will not always like your boundaries. But if a boundary feels right to you, is...
Read More“CAN DOs” Work For All Ages
You don’t have to psychoanalyze your child to offer CAN DOs. Just turn it over to the child with our all-purpose statement, "Hmm. Must be something you can do," and see what comes back. If all you get back is a blank stare, offer some CAN DOs of your own by asking yourself, “What else would work?” For a young child breaking things out of curiosity, you might try: “You can build a block...
Read MoreYou’re “Only” Human
Kids wish they had wings and could fly. If birds could wish, they would probably wish for hands. Oh, the things they could do with fingers and thumbs! Interesting how often we see our humanity as a limitation, not as a...
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