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INNER CHILD

      
              IF a CHILD lives with CRITICISM
                       SHE LEARNS to CONDEMN
 
             IF a CHILD lives with HOSTILITY
                   HE learns to FIGHT

          IF a CHILD lives with RIDICULE
                SHE learns to BE SHY
 
       IF a CHILD lives with SHAME
             HE learns to FEEL GUILTY

    IF a CHILD lives with TOLERANCE
           SHE learns to be patient

     IF a CHILD lives with ENCOURAGEMENT
           HE learns CONFIDENCE

     IF a CHILD lives with ACCEPTANCE
           SHE learns to FIND LOVE   

     IF a CHILD lives with APPROVAL
           S/HE learns to LIKE HIM/HER self

     IF a CHILD lives with FAIRNESS
           HE learns JUSTICE

     IF a CHILD lives with PRAISE
           SHE learns to APPRECIATE

     IF a CHILD lives with SECURITY
           HE learns FAITH



TASKS 
 for each
DEVELOPMENTAL CYCLE
 
 “KIDS LEARN 
   WHAT THEY LIVE”
Children    
      need 3 things
     1. Attention
    2. Autonomy
     3. Limits
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  5. POWER of BEING SKILLFUL          (6 - 12)
   • try out different ways of doing things
   • make mistakes to find out what works
   • argue with others about how to do things 

  6. POWER of REGENERATION         (13 - 19)
   • experiment with being sexual
   • develop ones own personal philosophy
   • find one’s place among the adults

  7. POWER of RECYCLING               (19 - on)
   • experience all normal symptoms of 
     previous stages, from time to time
   • experience overlapping stages
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  1. POWER of BEING                   (0 - 6 mths)
   • to recognize who you are
   • be taken care of, touched, nurtured
   • bonding with caregiver, being ‘sensual’

  2. POWER of DOING                 (6 - 18 mths)
   • explore environment without thinking 
   • develop sensory awareness, by doing

  3. POWER of THINKING            (18-36 mths)
   • test reality,  learn to think
   • establish independence
   • express negativity, push against others

  4. POWER of IDENTITY               (3 - 6 yrs)     
   • separate fantasy from reality
   • test ‘getting’ reality based on results
   • exert ability to have an effect on others
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