Using “What” and “How” Questions
The Power of Asking (instead of telling)
Small Steps into the New Year
Holidays: Fun or Frenzy
Time-in for Children: Re-gathering Response-ability
From “Mis-takes” to Compassion
Building Family Connections
Gossip
Contributed by Jody McVittie and Sahara Pirie
Sometimes listening in on conversations between your child and his or her friend while you are driving is a wonderful way to get a taste of the world from their point of view. But what do you do when the conversation you hear involves spreading rumors about other children or families? In fact last week you may have listened to your daughter’s painful stories of rumors being spread about her. What is going on? Didn’t she make the connection?
We’ve talked several times in these newsletters about how human beings move toward a …
Are we there yet???
Contributed by Jody McVittie, MD
Part of my memory of early family vacations include very annoying choruses of, “Are we there yet?” from the back seat. In my more sarcastic moments my internal voice was saying, “Are we stopped yet?” “Does it look like it?” and other variations of maternal snarkiness. I’m not proud of it, but I know that I didn’t always keep my thoughts to myself.
Gradually though, I learned to hear those choruses differently. They were voices of a trio that had not been involved in planning; three children who felt like baggage just being “transported” to …