Saturday, September 3, 2022

Sometimes, wait.

Sometimes attending to someone means giving them space and quiet and waiting until they have rested or calmed down or thought about what they want to say before you press them to listen or speak. Inattentive parents miss those cues sometimes.

from page 65 (or 70) of The Big Book of Unschooling
photo by Sandra Dodd

1 comment:

  1. I'm sorry this went to subscribers without being formatted for phones. My fault. I lifted it from a 2012 post without amending it.

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