As we are coming towards the end of our current How To Talk So Kids Will Listen teleclass I am perhaps more sensitive to matters concerning children. Today there was an article about a 13 yr old girl who requested going home from hospital to die rather than face more operations. A Peadiatrician commenting about the case stated ‘We used to say children have rights until they disagree with us’.(ie us being adults)
I really empathized with that comment as we so often override our childrens’ views. If we do not listen and trust in our childrens’ judgements then we deny them their autonomy – incidently more of this in Session 3 of our teleclass.
By parents and carers/teachers listening with presence children feel heard and respected and thus develop confidence and a belief in their own worth. The parents of this young girl supported their daughter in this very difficult decision.
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