Small children are among the most loved people, but also among the most misunderstood.

Their extraordinary personalities can prove to be a challenge for adults, as they escape logic and understanding: they go from being cheeky, recalcitrant and rebellious to lighting up the room with their joie de vivre and contagious laughter.

The extreme reactions, the apocalyptic anger, the inconsolable crying and the uncontrolled stitching are the cipher of immaturity, and although it should seem evident that it is a constitutive trait of the little ones and makes them very different people from adults, it reveals itself instead among the most unrecognized and neglected.

Deborah MacNamara, pupil and colleague of Gordon Neufeld, one of the foremost experts in developmental age, explores the child's intense need for attachment, the vital importance of play, the nature of the right discipline and the type of relationship that is involved. able to protect the delicate growth of childhood.

I n Understanding the little ones you will find what children need to grow and thrive, but not before realizing that their behavior, sometimes disconcerting, is not at all the manifestation of a disorder or a deficit or even of a "bad education. ".

You will no longer look at your children and at yourself in the same way, and while discovering how critical the role of parent and adult is, you will also see how, from the right perspective, it is easier and more natural than you think.

Author: Deborah MacNamara