Responding When Your Child Cries: A Waldorf Perspective

By Chinyelu Kunz with forward by Miss Belinda

I subscribe to Chinyelu Kunz’s The We Nurture Journal, a resource for parents, on Substack. I appreciate her wisdom and experience and her writing resonates with me both personally and professionally. Thus, I’d like to share this article with you. It’s a great resource not only for parents but for all caregivers of young children.

I especially appreciate her thoughts re Step 4: Using Few and Simple Words – a challenging part in practice, because as adults, we tend to be very wordy with young children when talking less can often be more effective, especially when they are crying or struggling. The younger the child, the fewer the words used is often wisest in those moments.

Another thought I very much appreciate is Step 5: Holding the Boundary. All the steps she presents are very helpful in my work with children.

 

Enjoy!

Responding When Your Child Cries by Chinyelu Kunz