By listening to the children involved in the dispute, she can help them become more open, more willing to see other points of view, and get closer to a compromise.
Listen to your child cry before leaving home, before you get him out of the car, or outside the door at the caregiver's home or day care.
Parents need to learn skills to communicate well, which includes
listening to their children in an active way and talking about their own feelings without blame.
This is how it begins: We do not see our children, so we do
not listen to our children and then we try to put them under our thumb.
I hate to see people do that and I
always listen to children and treat them with respect and try to understand what's important to them.
The child can be helped to overcome hesitation if the
parents listen to the child, speak to each other and practically address the child's needs.
Teachers
who listened to children discuss their journals, progress, and learning were stimulated to reflect on the effectiveness of their portfolios and change them as needed.
When she not
only listened to her child but fully accepted her child's needs and acted accordingly, life was so much better; both for mom and for baby.
To
listen to a child means to recognize their words, but more importantly to seek to really understand his or her underlying message.
Together, our
doctors listen to each child's story, look closely at the scans and determine which method of treatment would be best for the individual.
Those who do
listen to children understand that they often have a point of view which is quite distinct from that of the person looking after them.
Child discipline is teaching good behavior, correcting child's actions, showing respect
by listening to child's opinion, setting boundaries, consistency and cooperation.
One of the most difficult things
about listening to a child or lover's anger, especially when it's directed at us, is that we become defensive.
Because life is short and you will put your head in the oven if you have to
listen to your child cry one more stupid minute.
So the bad news is that while sometimes feelings just have to wait, when you ca
n't listen to your child's feelings you'll see worse behavior later.
They can
listen to children in a relaxed way without an agenda, reflect back their understandings, and share their knowledge of the world.
In praise of quietly reading Scripture at the kitchen table with crumbs under my feet and of
listening to my children sing their songs to Jesus when they think I'm not listening.
But, the big theme of the book is that kids» moral development is a matter of their relationship with adults,» especially their parents,» and it's decided not so much in moral talk as it is in how parents handle closeness, achievement, their own errors and transgressions, and whether they are able to
listen to children carefully and assert their own values.