Halloween 2006

[Doc]

Dealing with monsters under the bed I feel is something I think more adults / parents should do. Taking a child seriously builds trust. Just because somebody says there is no monster under the bed does not make it any less real in the child's mind. Adults all to often deal with children in patronising tones, do not take them seriously, do not deal with them with the measure of respect that a child is due. Children are not stupid. They know when they are being given the brush off. I believe that this only leads to trust issues later. When a child grows up, and looks back on the memory of a loving adult breaking out some snorkles and flashlights for an excursion under the bed, they will know that they were loved. It will be a positive memory. They will know, with an adult mind, that you took real time and effort out of your busy day to take them seriously and address what they considered a very real and pressing issue.

Children can be reasoned with. But not if you reason with them as adults. Thinking at their level isn't as hard as people try to make it out to be.

I must be getting all philosophical seeing as how I am going to be a dad and all that.