…consequences. Trauma had its crippling effects. Divorce had its fallout. Stress, in sufficient amounts, would lead to our undoing. The corollary to this idea is that good experiences (or the…
…being taught and how I responded. He supported my own interest and curiosity because he delighted in my learning. (This is profoundly different from rewarding me for good grades, which…
…be good. When this attachment is lacking, children will instinctively resist and oppose when they feel coerced. The term for this is counterwill. This kind of problem behaviour cannot be…
…is also failing us: not in what it says, but in what is doesn’t say that needs to be spoken to. To capitalize Nature then is to return to a…
…relationships. Any intervention or program that is implemented in our schools needs to respect these three key factors. So we need to ask, “Does this intervention: – respect maturation? Is…
…let anything divide us. This is what I love most in the Neufeld attachment-based developmental approach. Finally, my intuitive feelings are in harmony with my mental knowledge and concluding convictions….
…solution that is often in the form of a consequence which then needs to be meted out and supervised. There is so much to do and such little time. It’s…
…time on my first day was a cruel invention called “recess.” I clearly remember my sense of panic when we were ushered outside without Miss. Neronovich. Thank goodness I was…
…home – not school. To summarize, it is not the interruption in schooling that should be our primary concern at this time. What we need to remember is that when…
…the stress we are experiencing during this crisis. It is only natural that in times of stress, we seek togetherness. This is how we are wired. But in this case,…