One thing parents know that most non-parents don't: how much more kids can understand than you'd guess. You can talk to a 9 or 10 year old almost like an adult and they'll understand most of it.
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I hadn't heard of it, but I just looked it up. To be honest the part where you focus on getting them to play by themselves doesn't sound much like my m.o.
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I read a ton while pregnant & the first book that really fit was one by Magda Gerber. We also didn't do a ton of the "play by yourself" thing - but treating our kid w/respect & asking his consent was good. At 7 he thinks more thoroughly & logically than most politicians, anyway.
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You might want to re-visit that. Free, self-generated, self-motivated and self-sustained play is how children self-organize, and develop an inner locus of control and self-determinism. Play foments creativity and resiliency. The most adaptable survives. http://PlayNovation.com
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