Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Mistakes
Robin Bentley
Betsy wrote:
to it. My dh and dd cooked up a new term, calling mistakes "learning-takes"
instead, to take that connotation away. Dd thinks it's great!
Robin B.
in White Rock, BC
> We do live in a culture (in the US, anyway) that really stigmatizesI think it's much the same in Canada. The word itself has a stigma attached
> mistakes.
to it. My dh and dd cooked up a new term, calling mistakes "learning-takes"
instead, to take that connotation away. Dd thinks it's great!
Robin B.
in White Rock, BC
Tia Leschke
>Oh I like that. Those two sweeties of yours are smart. Hi to them both.
>
>I think it's much the same in Canada. The word itself has a stigma attached
>to it. My dh and dd cooked up a new term, calling mistakes "learning-takes"
>instead, to take that connotation away. Dd thinks it's great!
Tia
Ren Allen
"Through my behavior to him his whole life, I have
wanted him to learn that making a mistake is no big deal; that almost
all mistakes can be corrected; that he has the know-how to correct
them, and that we will help him as well; that he will not lose our
affection or respect by making mistakes. Woo-hoo!"
I loved reading this Su.
I feel like I'm healing myself as a child, when I help my children
feel empowered after making a mistake, instead of smaller.
Thanks for sharing that.
Ren
wanted him to learn that making a mistake is no big deal; that almost
all mistakes can be corrected; that he has the know-how to correct
them, and that we will help him as well; that he will not lose our
affection or respect by making mistakes. Woo-hoo!"
I loved reading this Su.
I feel like I'm healing myself as a child, when I help my children
feel empowered after making a mistake, instead of smaller.
Thanks for sharing that.
Ren
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In a message dated 11/28/05 4:18:04 PM, starsuncloud@... writes:
SCA camping, and he was in the mountains or on uneven ground lots. Walking
on tent floors, or rugs on lumpy ground. Tricky.
When he would fall, after we comforted him or helped him up, we would take
him back and show him what it was that he tripped on or ran into. When we
would go to a new place, house, wherever, we'd scope it out and point out to him
things like the corners of tables so he could be careful. By the time the
other kids came along, Kirby was doing that same thing for them, very patiently
and sweetly, because he thought that's just how people WERE with babies.
All three of my kids really like younger kids and all plan to have children
(though I try to talk them out of it, lightly, and tell them only to have
children if they couldn't stand not to), and I think the'd all make great parents.
Sandra
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> -=-I loved reading this Su.When Kirby was little, just learning to walk, we were doing a lot of outdoors
> I feel like I'm healing myself as a child, when I help my children
> feel empowered after making a mistake, instead of smaller.
> Thanks for sharing that.-=-
>
SCA camping, and he was in the mountains or on uneven ground lots. Walking
on tent floors, or rugs on lumpy ground. Tricky.
When he would fall, after we comforted him or helped him up, we would take
him back and show him what it was that he tripped on or ran into. When we
would go to a new place, house, wherever, we'd scope it out and point out to him
things like the corners of tables so he could be careful. By the time the
other kids came along, Kirby was doing that same thing for them, very patiently
and sweetly, because he thought that's just how people WERE with babies.
All three of my kids really like younger kids and all plan to have children
(though I try to talk them out of it, lightly, and tell them only to have
children if they couldn't stand not to), and I think the'd all make great parents.
Sandra
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