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 This lesson demonstrates the skills involved in approaching another person to engage in an activity and perhaps develop a friendship. It shows an anxious, hesitant boy approaching another isolated child with an offer to play together, followed by them both inviting a third child to join them. It presents the boy approaching and introducing himself to another while using eye contact and a pleasant tone of voice.
For yet another fictional book that touches on therapeutic themes, read Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel, The Namesake. It touches on two of the main tasks for adolescents, identity development and differentiation from parents, made all the more difficult by the main character’s struggle with his Indian immigrant parents. How does one form an identity when their live experience is fundamentally different than that of their parents? It also deals with the fine balance of what to keep of family tradition and what to leave behind and the struggle to find that balance.
At the risk of sounding like a dated Madonna song, we do live in a material world. As adults this effects our daily life but more importantly, it effects how our children are being raised |
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