Little JOTS

Incredibly beautiful! Thank you Dr Vanessa Lapointe, R Psych for sharing!

"Invite stillness into your life." - Eckhart Tolle

Us humans could learn something from these two...

This cracked me up!

LOVE this message. Kids need to hear this.

Shyness in children can be viewed negatively, especially in cultures that value gregariousness and extroversion. What isn’t well understood is that shyness is a...n attachment instinct that prevents children from being led by people outside of their village of connection. Shyness isn’t often celebrated nor seen as part of nature’s design to ensure that a child’s closest attachments will have the most influence over them. The shyness instinct can makes its first appearance in a 6 to 7 month old child as stranger protest if development is ideal. Instead of being easily passed from person to person, a baby will start to show clear preferences for their favourite people, and greater signs of upset when separated from them. Attachment to others becomes highly polarized for a child with the world splitting into those they seek to be close to as well as those they shy away from. In other words, shyness is not a deficit in a child but a strategic move on nature’s part to ensure a child stays close to ‘their people.’ Research suggests there is a genetic predisposition for shyness instincts to be stronger in some children in comparison to others. Approximately 15% to 20% of children are born with more inhibited temperaments and demonstrate more reactivity to their environments giving rise to stronger shyness responses. As babies they were more upset by loud noises, had greater hand and leg activity, and displayed a higher heart rate in comparison to other children. By the age of two these children were more likely to hide behind a parent’s leg when a stranger entered their play area and were more likely to engage in solitary play by the age of seven. These children were more likely to be labeled as shy by their parents and teachers but only of them still demonstrated characteristics associated with shyness in adulthood. To read more about shyness see - http://macnamara.ca//super-shy-the-protective-power-of-sh/ To download the infographic see -http://macnamara.ca/why-do-kids-do-that/ #restplaygrow #drdeborahmacnamara #whydokidsdothat #drgordonneufeld #neufeldinstitute #shyness #preschoolers #toddlers #babies

Embrace weirdness.

New Series of infographics - Why Do Kids Do That? Young kids are allergic to separation which routinely shows up at bedtime. There are many reasons for this ...which makes it one of the toughest times of the day for a young child (and their parents!). Young kids can cling to us out of protest and alarm, refuse to sleep thus leading to bedtime battles and tears. There is a way through and it starts by making sense of why this time is so hard. From insight we lead into practice, working at the roots of the distress rather than just tackling behaviour at the surface level. There are so many ways we can help them settle into sleep and to hold onto us when apart. For more ways to bridge the nighttime separation see my other infographic - When Saying Goodnight is Hard You can download the new series here - http://macnamara.ca/why-do-kids-do-that/ #restplaygrow #drdeborahmacnamara #whydokidsdothat #neufeldinstitute #drgordonneufeld #whydokidsdothat #preschooler #bedtime #sleepkidssleep

Notes express your unconditional love to your children for who they are.

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