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The Nine-Year-Old: An Anthroposophic Perspective
“The change in the children’s self-awareness grows stronger at the age of nine, and you find that they understand much better what you say about the difference between the human being and the world....
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Discipline, Support and Guidance of the Nine-Year-Old
We have peeked at both the traditional and anthroposophic views of the nine-year-old in two previous posts. Nine is definitely a time of change, a time of feeling separate from parents and family, a...
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The Foundation Years of Ages 9-12: Decreasing High-Risk Behavior in Teens
Many of you have been following along chapter by chapter the wonderful book, “Discipline Without Distress: 135 Tools for raising caring, responsible children WITHOUT time-out, spanking, punishment,...
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The Nine-Year Old Girl
I have had the great privilege and honor of being able to observe a group of nine-year old girls this year. It has been very interesting to watch their transformation and challenges. Here are some of...
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My Advice For The Nine Year Change
I think nine years of age, in many ways, is a rather fragile time. This sense of “I” ness and separation is coming out and beginning, but it is still rudimentary. Criticism still cannot be separated...
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Restlessness And Forgetfulness In The Eight To Ten Year Old
It is rather odd to me that so many mainstream parenting resources focus solely on the developmental stages and phases of the toddler and preschooler, and once a child becomes the age of children in...
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The Melancholic Child–Ages 7 and Up
(This post is not meant to address children who are clinically depressed. Please speak to a health care professional if you feel your child is depressed). Then you should know exactly which...
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How The Shy/Fearful Child Learns To Expand Their World
So, I have no research studies on this at all…this is from my own experience and observations in working with families who have had extremely shy and almost fearful children. I am not really talking...
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Boundaries
Friends, I have been hearing from a lot of you recently via email and many of you are struggling with boundaries in your lives. I am not a counselor, and I am not a psychologist, but I wanted to tell...
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Attachment And Individualization
I think as homeschooling families, one of our main goals is always the connection of the family and how we stay attached to each other in a society that sometimes doesn’t seem to value that at all....
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The Nine-Year-Change and Puberty
I have gotten some private emails lately regarding the nine-year-change and puberty, so I wanted to write something for this space for other parents searching for support and information during this...
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Puberty Part One
Often on Waldorf lists and groups, I see threads regarding puberty. These threads typically concern the outward signs of puberty, or perhaps issues not of puberty but of sexuality, such as a...
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Girls On the Cusp of Puberty
With two girls in our house, I have spent a bit of time thinking about girls on the cusp of puberty. It also is a pretty hot topic amongst my parent friends who have girls this age, and is getting...
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Talking to Children About Healthy Sexuality and Sex
One often hears the horror stories about parents trying to give “the talk” to their children, complete with mumbling, inaccurate terminology and a look of relief when their child has no questions for...
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Restlessness And Forgetfulness In The Eight To Ten Year Old
It is rather odd to me that so many mainstream parenting resources focus solely on the developmental stages and phases of the toddler and preschooler, and once a child becomes the age of children in...
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The Melancholic Child–Ages 7 and Up
(This post is not meant to address children who are clinically depressed. Please speak to a health care professional if you feel your child is depressed). Then you should know exactly which...
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How The Shy/Fearful Child Learns To Expand Their World
So, I have no research studies on this at all…this is from my own experience and observations in working with families who have had extremely shy and almost fearful children. I am not really talking...
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Boundaries
Friends, I have been hearing from a lot of you recently via email and many of you are struggling with boundaries in your lives. I am not a counselor, and I am not a psychologist, but I wanted to tell...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Attachment And Individualization
I think as homeschooling families, one of our main goals is always the connection of the family and how we stay attached to each other in a society that sometimes doesn’t seem to value that at all....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Nine-Year-Change and Puberty
I have gotten some private emails lately regarding the nine-year-change and puberty, so I wanted to write something for this space for other parents searching for support and information during this...
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