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- When a child spends too much time alone, growth ';
- can begin to suffer. The natural tendency to ';
- stick with what @3 knows well and enjoys can ';
- become a limiting factor. ';
- ';
- Playing with others is a purposeful thing for a ';
- child. It is similar to work for an adult. The ';
- gains to be made in terms of control and growth ';
- are like those an adult finds at work. ';
- ';
- When children get involved with something, it ';
- can almost consume them. This can be to the ';
- detriment of a child learning a broad base of ';
- self-control. ';
- ';
- Tapping into @5's natural desire to have ';
- fun can help @1 to expand naturally the ';
- horizons that @3 will set out to master. ';
- Growth is going into a new realm while develop- ';
- ment is mastering the realm where you are. ';
- Involvement is a key to building perserverence ';
- and the control necessary to make it worthwhile.';
- ';
- @5 will naturally be caught up in things ';
- that are important, interesting or fun. If a ';
- thing is important to you, it will be important ';
- to @5; if it interests you, it will in- ';
- terest @1 . On the other hand, something is ';
- either fun or it isn't, your emphasis matters. ';
- ';
- If something loses its natural intrigue for a ';
- child, the tendency is to avoid dealing with it.';
- ';
- If @5 does not deal with something, the ';
- control that can be acquired in the process will';
- be lost. As a parent, you have the power to ';
- make almost any task into a game. This is par- ';
- ticularly true if you enter into the game with ';
- @5. Try it - you might have fun too. ';
- ';
- Social control is aided when @5 can and ';
- does take others and their needs into account. ';
- Finding out what others need is not simple. ';
- ';
- You have to share with @5 what you un- ';
- derstand about others. When @3 appears upset, ';
- perplexed or confused as a result of an inter- ';
- action, ask what's wrong and then help @1 to ';
- understand what the other person needed. ';
- ';
- A strong sense of purpose will build self- ';
- control, and learning to shift the purpose to ';
- meet changing needs builds self-control of a ';
- different sort. ';
- ';
- The fine tuning that occurs when you are forced ';
- to adjust or adapt to changing circumstances is ';
- a key element in acquiring the control necessary';
- to carry things to a successful conclusion. ';
- ';
- Taking others interests as your own and then ';
- working to help them, calls for a measure of ';
- self-control boarding on detachment. ';
- ';
- Teaching @5 the control that comes with ';
- compassion, empathy and sympathy is difficult ';
- unless the need to help others is placed before ';
- them at all times. You place it there by en- ';
- couraging it, rewarding it when it happens and ';
- showing it by how you treat others around you. ';
- The focus of a child is naturally narrow and ';
- often the control gained is equally narrow. ';
- ';
- Helping your child to see how each individual ';
- bit of behavior fits into a broader tapestry is ';
- a powerful way to have each little thing @3 ';
- does take on a greater significance. This view ';
- has a motivational element and @3 learns to ';
- link behaviors into patterns of control. ';
- ';
- What a person wants and what they need are often';
- different. It is important for @5 to ';
- know the distinction internally and to make the ';
- distinction when dealing with others. ';
- ';
- Ask @5 what @3 wants at the moment, and ';
- at other times ask @1 what is needed to make ';
- things work right to help @1 learn to make this ';
- distinction. ';
- ';
- ';
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