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- Watch @5 and look for the start of ';
- frustration. ';
- ';
- Frustration can be a bridge to greater self- ';
- control or the worse enemy an individual has in ';
- the battle of self-mastery. ';
- ';
- Look for the start of frustration and then aid ';
- @5 to do what is necessary to get back ';
- on the right track. ';
- To a child, having to deal with others is a ';
- primary source of frustration. ';
- ';
- This frustration can be seen as either a chal- ';
- lenge to be overcome or something to be avoided.';
- The self-control that comes from seeing it as a ';
- challenge is invaluable. Your encouragement, or';
- focus can determine how @5 treats this ';
- frustration. It may be done by simply saying ';
- to @1 , "What are you going to do now?" ';
- Once something is mastered, development and ';
- control is essentially complete. ';
- ';
- If new growth is not on the horizon, greater ';
- development can be gained from things already ';
- mastered by encouraging speed without a loss of ';
- quality. Make mastery a game if you can and do ';
- not be disappointed if there is an initial loss ';
- of competence in the process. ';
- ';
- Planning aids mastery. Watching for emergent ';
- things because responding to them will add ';
- flexibility and involvement. ';
- ';
- When @5 achieves mastery, the tendency ';
- may be to establish a pattern of behavior and ';
- then to stick to it. Encouraging spontaneity in';
- that case will promote new growth and develop- ';
- ment. Introduce new things or point out some- ';
- thing new that is happening as it comes up. ';
- Social interaction is supported when @5 ';
- sees a part of @2 lot in life to work with ';
- and through others. ';
- ';
- Help @5 see that @2 behavior can serve ';
- as a model to others and, at the very least, ';
- be something that others must deal with. ';
- ';
- Help @5 see that @2 behavior is ';
- something others ought to aim for. ';
- A child is easily caught up in the behavior of ';
- others and is swept up in the standards that ';
- they display. Children will either drag each ';
- other up or down. ';
- ';
- The self-discipline needed to counteract this ';
- peer pressure is built by encouraging @5 ';
- to see with @2 own eyes and to think with @2 ';
- own mind. This can be encouraged by asking @1 ';
- what @3 thinks and why. ';
- Taking others into account presents a greater ';
- challenge for a child than merely responding to ';
- @2 own needs. ';
- ';
- You can encourage @5 to take on this ';
- challenge by helping @1 to adopt goals for ';
- @2 relationships with others as well as goals ';
- for personal growth. Work with @1 to see that ';
- @3 takes other persons interests into account ';
- in a relationship. ';
- The focus of a child is often limited to the ';
- personal behavior at hand. ';
- ';
- The world is complex today and true mastery ';
- demands that the actions @5 takes fit ';
- into a coherent whole. This means that what ';
- @3 does ought to make internal sense as well ';
- as fit the family and the behavior of others. ';
- You can assist this process by asking @1 how ';
- things fit with each other and together. ';
- A child with a narrow range of interests is ';
- likely to have a narrow range of self-discipline';
- as well. This is not to say that the control ';
- within that range is less or not as good, but ';
- rather that outside the range, behavior may well';
- be less controlled. ';
- ';
- The full expression of self-discipline has both ';
- depth and breadth. It is fostered by encourag- ';
- ing the new, the useful, the higher goal. ';
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