That was quite a profound comment from Lyra. This made me think about something from my teaching days at the JCC. We had a consultant who worked with us periodically from Jewish Family services. She was there to help us with children that had difficult behavior issues or needed extra support for some reason. Her approach with the teachers was to encourage us to ponder (be curious about) the underlying reasons for the behavior. Her exact phrase to us was, "I wonder why......."(Johnny needs to always jump on other children, for example) Maybe Lyra is on her way to being a psychologist!
Kids can teach us adults a lot of helpful lessons if we’re open to listening. I taught six grade for a few years, so I feel like I can say this and back it up with real experience!
As the author of my very own not-quite-bestselling edition of my Extremely Detailed Behavior Manual, I hear you, My partner and I try to do this when we get into a fight - I'm curious what's happening for you right now? Or as my therapist likes to ask "Who am I to you right now?" (That one hasn't yet gone over well). But it's true, we really don't know what might be going on with that slow-as-f driver in front of us. Thanks for the reminder as we head into the stress of the holiday season.
That was quite a profound comment from Lyra. This made me think about something from my teaching days at the JCC. We had a consultant who worked with us periodically from Jewish Family services. She was there to help us with children that had difficult behavior issues or needed extra support for some reason. Her approach with the teachers was to encourage us to ponder (be curious about) the underlying reasons for the behavior. Her exact phrase to us was, "I wonder why......."(Johnny needs to always jump on other children, for example) Maybe Lyra is on her way to being a psychologist!
Oh that’s definitely something I could see her doing! Love the nonjudgmental way of looking at behavior!
Kids can teach us adults a lot of helpful lessons if we’re open to listening. I taught six grade for a few years, so I feel like I can say this and back it up with real experience!
As the author of my very own not-quite-bestselling edition of my Extremely Detailed Behavior Manual, I hear you, My partner and I try to do this when we get into a fight - I'm curious what's happening for you right now? Or as my therapist likes to ask "Who am I to you right now?" (That one hasn't yet gone over well). But it's true, we really don't know what might be going on with that slow-as-f driver in front of us. Thanks for the reminder as we head into the stress of the holiday season.