Comments on: How to Talk to Kids: A Great Book http://babyshrink.com/2009/07/how-to-talk-to-kids-a-great-book.html Child and parent development by licensed psychologist, Dr. Heather. Thu, 10 May 2012 19:00:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JoAnn http://babyshrink.com/2009/07/how-to-talk-to-kids-a-great-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-3427 JoAnn Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:17:18 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=625#comment-3427 Thanks for this reminder - I had this book bookmarked on Amazon (maybe from another recc. by you?) but never ordered it - finally ordered it and am looking forward to reading it! I can't tell you what a help this site is, and thank you so much for it! I don't comment as much as I should, but I really appreciate all of your time and energy! And hope pg is treating you well this 4th go-round. JoAnn Thanks for this reminder – I had this book bookmarked on Amazon (maybe from another recc. by you?) but never ordered it – finally ordered it and am looking forward to reading it! I can’t tell you what a help this site is, and thank you so much for it! I don’t comment as much as I should, but I really appreciate all of your time and energy! And hope pg is treating you well this 4th go-round.

JoAnn

]]> By: Trish http://babyshrink.com/2009/07/how-to-talk-to-kids-a-great-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-3421 Trish Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:39:52 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=625#comment-3421 Aloha Heather! I'm very familiar with just the same thing. We were always so careful in the viewing choices for our first (and only child). Most of the time I thought I was far too protective, but I just went with it. There were many movies and themes I flat out avoided. At 6 I still skipped the beginning of Finding Nemo because I "just knew" our son would conceptualize Nemo's mothering dieing to himself and me or his dad. We did have a similar situation as yours, when a teacher read his class the Ron Dahl book Witches. For him, at the time age 6, it affected him deeply, and took a good six months for him to rationally process the "story" without fear (and checking various peoples to confirm they had toes). Today, looking back, I'm happy with my choice of holding back the introduction of various topics. Now he's the grand old age of 8 and I can see he can now separate reality from story, and he's a confident rational being. I still participate in heavy monitoring of viewing but I also think he also has a distinct awareness of what he wants to expose himself to and what he doesn't. Hope you are having a nice summer! Happy I checking in today! Trish Aloha Heather!

I’m very familiar with just the same thing. We were always so careful in the viewing choices for our first (and only child). Most of the time I thought I was far too protective, but I just went with it. There were many movies and themes I flat out avoided.

At 6 I still skipped the beginning of Finding Nemo because I “just knew” our son would conceptualize Nemo’s mothering dieing to himself and me or his dad.

We did have a similar situation as yours, when a teacher read his class the Ron Dahl book Witches. For him, at the time age 6, it affected him deeply, and took a good six months for him to rationally process the “story” without fear (and checking various peoples to confirm they had toes).

Today, looking back, I’m happy with my choice of holding back the introduction of various topics. Now he’s the grand old age of 8 and I can see he can now separate reality from story, and he’s a confident rational being. I still participate in heavy monitoring of viewing but I also think he also has a distinct awareness of what he wants to expose himself to and what he doesn’t.

Hope you are having a nice summer!
Happy I checking in today!
Trish

]]> By: NGS http://babyshrink.com/2009/07/how-to-talk-to-kids-a-great-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-3420 NGS Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:32:39 +0000 http://babyshrink.com/?p=625#comment-3420 ET scared the crap out of me when I was about that age and continues to scare me to this day!! I am clearly a wimp. Or a 6 year old trapped in the body of an adult. ET scared the crap out of me when I was about that age and continues to scare me to this day!! I am clearly a wimp. Or a 6 year old trapped in the body of an adult.

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