Sublime

While we believe we hold the power to raise our children, the reality is that our children hold the power to raise us into the parents they need us to become.

All I want to point out is that if you decide not to give equally, for whatever reason, that’s all right too. The children who fail to receive won’t go under. Your understanding and acceptance of their disappointment will help them to deal with life’s inequities.”

You must, however, spend sufficient time with the child on your own for the techniques to be as effective as possible. The point is to stay with the strong feelings you may encounter instead of running away from them. You want to feel these feelings, to tolerate and focus on them. An overwhelming majority of the time, if you can tolerate the feelin

Good children become the keepers of too many secrets and the appalling communicators of unpopular but important things. They say lovely words, they are experts in satisfying the expectations of their audiences, but their real thoughts and feelings are buried, then seep out as psychosomatic symptoms, twitches, sudden outbursts, sulphurous bitterness

The Mood Box

UN BREF RAPPEL… Aider les enfants aux prises avec leurs sentiments Les enfants ont besoin qu’on accueille et qu’on respecte leurs sentiments. ECOUTEZ EN SILENCE ET AVEC ATTENTION ACCUEILLEZ LEURS SENTIMENTS À L’AIDE D’UN MOT – Oh ! Hum ! Je vois. NOMMEZ LE SENTIMENT – Ça a l’air frustrant. UTILISEZ L’IMAGINAIRE POUR LEUR OFFRIR CE QU’ILS SOUHAITENT

Children, however, don’t like having to be hyper-competent. So it’s not surprising that Charlotte wants me to be the mother for her now. I

je sentais ma main dans celle de ma mère, elle me disait des choses que tous les enfants devraient entendre, des mots qui enlèvent la peur, bouchent les trous de solitude, éloignent la crainte des dieux et vous laissent au monde avec le désir, la force et l’envie d’y vivre.