Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem is not just inside the kid; it's also in the system, the society.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better.
I was a problem child, and problem children do the seemingly insane because they are trying to find out how to fit into the scheme of things.
When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.
With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve.
The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.
I feel like that's so ingrained in so many children that you are so confined and repressed growing up that, anything you do, you have to rebel against it at some point.
I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.
Stop being a critic and be a light; don't be a judge, be a model. I think we are far too critical. I think the best way to correct behavior is to accentuate and affirm positive behavior and to ignore negative behavior. Generally speaking, there is a time to correct, of course; but my biggest advice would be, 'Affirm your child.'
The worst mistake you can make with children is to talk to them in a condescending, patronising way and think that you can teach them something. You have to understand that it is you who will be learning from them. You have to get into their world and see things from their perspective.
When anything is wrong with your child, your first instinct is to make it better.