Easing Our Children's Transition to School
Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled
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Don't Try to Persuade a Child to Like It
If we're worried that they're not ready, we're adding all this pressure on to our child and to this separation experience. So in a way, we have to be kind of brave and mature these situations so that our child can't make this separation. If we see it through our child's eyes, wow, this is the big time. They're doing something brand new that they've never done before. Even if they're entering a new class room, it all feels new. Children are so aware and smart, and they know the difference between when we're being straightforward or we're trying to whitewash and experience for them. And the whitewashing of the experience can make
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