The true test of a parent´s belief is not what he says but how he behaves. The fact is that parents often behave inconsistently. Sometimes when all goes well, the parent is not doing something special and his child asks him to play. The parent obliges. The child wants him to admire what he has built and again the parent obliges.But if the parent is occupied with something that demands his attention, usually his response to the request is : not now - I´m busy. If the parent is in a good mood, he may preface his refusal with an apology or a promise to make up for it later...a promise not always kept. Parents tend to assume that if a child doesn´t repeat his plea, he has either lost interest or forgotten about it. But many a child hears in a few minutes as a brush-off and he´s not all that eager to receive a second brush off by repeating his request. Such parental behavior suggests to children that their activity rarely seem as important to parents as the parents´activities, and hardly ever more important. Bruno Bettelheim. The importance of Play.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:03:03 +0000
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