Understand Your Child: Your Child's Secret Language

Author: Shapiro (USA), Bai Jingxuan, etc.
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Decoding children's body language, the meanings of a child's 10 cries, learning techniques only experts possess, helping children master the 7 secrets of successful social interaction, and the secrets revealed through games, stories, and drawings.
What is a child's secret language? A silent language used by all children, a remarkable gateway to their inner world, and an effective tool for continuously improving their emotional intelligence. The author, Dr. Lawrence E. Shapiro, a renowned American child psychologist and the author of How to Raise a Child's EQ, presents another masterpiece. The book elaborates on various aspects of children's secret language, including its content, methods for decoding it, and the seven secrets to guiding children toward success.
Dr. Shapiro believes that when communicating with children, language is only part of the answer. Gestures, eye contact, posture, tone of voice, reactions, and other nonverbal cues play a significant role in conveying and receiving information. In infancy, parents can not only recognize "macro" signals like facial expressions and posture but also observe "micro" signals, such as the color of a child's skin when crying or the way they clench their fists.
Dr. Shapiro has studied the intuitive and emotional connections between parents and children. He points out that toddlers and older children express their feelings through play, storytelling, and dreams, which helps parents communicate better with them and enhances their ability to express emotions. All children have a secret language. This language is not limited to words but is also reflected in their physical movements and facial expressions, such as their voice, games, and even the stories and dreams they tell. This language reveals their true happiness and comfort, as well as their deep-seated fears and conflicts.
Professional consultants and doctors are very familiar with this language, but parents are almost completely unaware of it. This book is practical and actionable, offering parents many unusual methods to help them communicate better with their children. For young parents in China with children, this is an invaluable resource. For the children themselves, it is a blessing, as they will feel truly understood and loved by their parents.