Being With Children Without Disrupting Their Rhythm

How to Support a Child’s Natural Emotional and Symbolic Process Without Getting in the Way

Young children—especially before the age of six—move through the world in a way that’s deeply rhythmic, fluid, and often mysterious to adults. They play, shift gears, express big feelings, and drop them just as quickly. What might look random or silly from the outside is often something much more precise inside their system.

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