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Play and the Child’s Sense of Self Eminent psychologist Alice Miller says that when a parent tells a child to do something sensible and goal-oriented instead of aimlessly playing, the child’s world is overthrown. The child obeys because she wants to please her parent. But the child feels hurt, and withdraws her feelings into herself where [...]
Eminent psychologist Alice Miller says that when a parent tells a child to do something sensible and goal-oriented instead of aimlessly playing, the child's world is overthrown. The child obeys because she wants to please her parent. But the child feels hurt, and withdraws her feelings into herself where they remain buried. FULL STORY AT: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/suffer-the-children/201108/the-plays-the-thing-play-and-the-childs-sense-self
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