Dealing with Children – From The Celestine Prophesy

“I have tried to give her energy and to always tell her the truth of every situation in language she can understand. When she asked the questions a young child asks, I treated them very seriously, avoiding the temptation of giving her a fanciful answer which is plainly for the entertainment of adults”.
I smiled. “Do you mean untruths like, ‘storks bring babies,’ that sort of thing?”

“Yes, but these cultural expressions aren’t so bad. Children figure these out quickly because they stay the same. Worse are the distortions created on the spot by adults just because they want to have a little fun, and because they believe the truth is too complicated for a child to comprehend. But this is not right; the truth can always be expressed at a child’s level of understanding. It just takes some thought”.

“Mareta seems confident,” Karla continued, “because I was there for her. I gave her one on one attention when she needed it. And if I wasn’t there, my sister, who lives next door, was there. She always had an adult to answer her questions, and because she has had this sincere attention, she has never felt she had to act out or show off. She has always had enough energy and that makes her assume she will continue to have enough, which makes the transition from receiving energy from adults to getting it from the universe-which we already talk about-much easier for her to grasp.”

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