Though it takes extra compassion and effort for a care provider (or teacher, or school administrator) to help a child understand why they must be passive on the (real or metaphorical) rope. Some are capable; many are not. The rope is still there, and the potential for not putting it in healthy context for the kids or following through with a responsive increase in responsibility is very real.
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Date: 2012-08-23 11:01 am (UTC)Though it takes extra compassion and effort for a care provider (or teacher, or school administrator) to help a child understand why they must be passive on the (real or metaphorical) rope. Some are capable; many are not. The rope is still there, and the potential for not putting it in healthy context for the kids or following through with a responsive increase in responsibility is very real.