Comments on: Chasing the Ball into the Street http://workingwithinsight.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/chasing-the-ball-into-the-street/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Idea Shards, Applied Common Sense, Experience, because Thinking Helps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretive Stories to Stretch the Mind Sat, 17 May 2008 05:05:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: workingwithinsight http://workingwithinsight.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/chasing-the-ball-into-the-street/#comment-4 workingwithinsight Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:56:29 +0000 https://workingwithinsight.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/chasing-the-ball-into-the-street/#comment-4 Thanks for your comment. If the child is in the street, I would go directly after the child. The child is already distracted by the ball and at best would stop in his tracks when you called out. There would be alot of emotion loose after getting him back. I would hold off disciplining the child until any anger due to the emotion is under control. Then I would get down, eye to eye, with him and let him know both in words and body expression how serious this was and continue until he understood. Other people may have different levels of expression, ranging from conversation to shouting. The important thing is that the adult is communicating the seriousness with the child and not venting. Thanks for your comment.

If the child is in the street, I would go directly after the child. The child is already distracted by the ball and at best would stop in his tracks when you called out.

There would be alot of emotion loose after getting him back. I would hold off disciplining the child until any anger due to the emotion is under control.

Then I would get down, eye to eye, with him and let him know both in words and body expression how serious this was and continue until he understood. Other people may have different levels of expression, ranging from conversation to shouting.

The important thing is that the adult is communicating the seriousness with the child and not venting.

]]> By: bmaccomic http://workingwithinsight.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/chasing-the-ball-into-the-street/#comment-3 bmaccomic Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:34:40 +0000 https://workingwithinsight.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/chasing-the-ball-into-the-street/#comment-3 Good points. How would you react if your son or daughter *did* run out into the street, particularly if a car was nearby? Would you recommend getting angry (and risking scaring the kid) or trying to stay calm (and then possibly sending the message that running into the street isn't a big deal)? Good points.
How would you react if your son or daughter *did* run out into the street, particularly if a car was nearby? Would you recommend getting angry (and risking scaring the kid) or trying to stay calm (and then possibly sending the message that running into the street isn’t a big deal)?

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