Some Vital Questions about Our Children's Safety (guest post by Dr. Haim Omer)
Dr. Haim Omer has alerted us to a new post of interest to parents: You're invited to read my new post "Some vital questions about our children's safety" https://www.haimomer-nvr.com/post/some-vital-questions-about-our-children-s-safety . This is the first in a series of posts designed to help parents exercise "vigilant care". This is the parental attitude of keeping an ear to the ground, of creating the appropriate feeling that the child is accompanied by the parents. Vigilant care has all the advantages and none of the disadvantages of "parental monitoring". Whenever I lecture on my approach, I tell the people in the audience that if they want to keep one idea, one single tip of my approach, than it is that parents should learn how to exercise vigilant care. This and the upcoming posts aim at helping parents foster this attitude. Dr. Omer is the author of the forthcoming book, Courageous Parents . Available on pre-order ...