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School holidays can be joyful, and trying. In about equal measures.
This article includes a gentle reminder about how we can support our children to grow into resolving their own conflict. They come to us with their upsets, not so we can solve their dilemmas, but so they can learn how conflict can be resolved.
"What would you like to say to (someone)?" is a question that can support our littlies, and our not so littlies. It's a question that we adults can benefit from asking ourselves too.
Holidays are a break from the paralysing routine of Busy. They are also a Hot House Time for parenting. Have you noticed that our children make great leaps forward in their social skills, and maybe language skills, if they are smaller? Sometimes rethinking the place that holidays play in our children's lives can be valuable. Our need is for rest. Their need is for intensive growth, and lots of parental input.
Let's see if this question might meet adults' need for rest, and children's need for intensive growth.
Contact me: Lorraine Dodd: Counsellor in Howick, Auckland 0221 874 057, through the contact section http://lorrainedodd.wix.com/lorraine-dodd by email nurturinghope@gmail.com or Private Message me through Facebook
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