Aletha Solter - Gyógyító és kapcsolódó játékok

In the book by the world-renowned child psychologist, we can learn about play activities that can be used to solve educational and disciplinary problems without punishment or reward, and help our child process difficult or traumatic experiences. The playful approach reduces stress, anxiety, and anger, strengthens the parent-child relationship, and encourages children to cooperate rather than rebel. In the meantime, we can also smuggle laughter and joy into our everyday lives.
The author reveals the typical reasons behind the phenomena that cause difficulty, because children's behavior usually becomes more problematic when they find themselves in a highly stressful life situation, or experience loneliness, vulnerability, insecurity or fear. Play and laughter can be important tools for healing during such difficult times.
Some chapters of the book are built around specific educational problems, so they can even be read on their own if we want to find information and practical advice about our own current life situation. Such topics include, for example, getting used to room cleanliness, handling anger and aggression, lying, cheating and stealing, sibling jealousy, or problems with falling asleep. Other chapters provide help in processing difficult or traumatic experiences, such as the birth of a younger sibling, the divorce of parents, various natural disasters and terrorist acts, separation trauma, school problems, and phobias and anxieties.
The book accompanies you from infancy to adolescence. Most of the play activities presented do not require any physical equipment, while others only require something that is likely to be found in a household with children anyway.
To illustrate each type of game, the author lists numerous examples based on his therapy cases, conversations with parents, and experiences as a trainer, mother, and grandmother, inspiring the reader to try healing and related games with their children.