Nursery Children in China: Verbal First Aid in the Face of the Unspeakable.

Verbal First Aid With Children

This morning I woke up and it was snowing! I don’t usually watch the news (morning or evening) because it is so filled with madness and fear, but today I wanted to hear what was going on with the weather. Unfortunately, I first had to hear all about the gruesome BP oil spill in the Gulf, the Goldman Sachs debacle and finally an insane, unpredicted, and vicious attack on nursery children in China.

I have been teaching Verbal First Aid s since 1994. And somehow it always comes down to this:

What do you say when a parent loses a kid? What do you say when it seems like there’s nothing to say?

For the full-length article, please go to http://www.opednews.com/articles/Verbal-First-Aid-in-the-Fa-by-Judith-Acosta-100629-585.html

For more information on verbal first aid with children, go to: www.verbalfirstaidthebook.com and www.radicalparenting.com.