Comments on: Parenting Tips: Foreshadowing for Your Child

By: Dr.Subhassh

Dr.Subhassh — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:22:18 +0000

Dr.Pete,
The article on ‘Foreshadowing for your child’ is really an eye opener for most of us,especially for those who have young children.It is best to infuse into them(children) when they are very young, rather than waiting to do the same when they are older–when they have a mind set of their own. Your subject is so important, especially now that there are so many sad happenings. In terms of human relationships,love thy neighbors–irrespective of their colour, race,religion. See the amount of deaths just in the name of religion. How in some countries they have been taught to hate from a very young age. Your article is very timely,to all young parents–you (parents)have the right tool,here,to create good,loving future-good world.
Dr.Pete,you have also given examples for easy,practical understanding.I am going ahead to read your other article.
THANK YOU.
Dr.Subhassh

By: Dr Pete

Dr Pete — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:08:33 +0000

Yes, Chris,

I agree that imagination and visualization can be powerful and helpful to kids themselves. I also like to point out that a parent’s own imagination and thoughts regarding a topic or event will be transmitted to the child automatically from an energy standpoint, and many kids can pick up on this information in real time. Therefore, it makes sense to “broadcast” the best possible visualized outcome and the emotional, energetic and feeling aspects of it as well, so that the child has something to shoot for and expect. Even better, if this is done frequently, when the real event comes up in time, it will feel “familiar” to the child because they have experienced the foreshadowing already beforehand.

By: Chris Eldridge

Chris Eldridge — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:29:27 +0000

Thanks for this Peter,

It seems to me that the foreshadowing process you describe is also about getting kids to use their imagination about what they might experience. This can only be good for them, if, as you say, we focus on the possible positive outcomes.

Thanks
Chris

By: Dr Pete

Dr Pete — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:55:02 +0000

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for your kind remarks. I think a child starting nursery school is in that fortunate age group where picking up a foreign language is quite easy to accomplish just by simple exposure and immersion.

One thing you might consider is playing music or spoken audio recordings to familiarize them with how the language sounds beforehand. However, I believe there is no better way than to play and interact with other children in real time in order to learn a new language. The young child’s brain is like a sponge that will absorb anything new in its vicinity.

One other thing I would suggest is several “pre-visits” to the nursery school site to let them get used to the environment. I would be more inclined to think the building, teacher and general environment may take more getting used to than the novelty of the language. Hope this helps!

By: Kevin Phoenix

Kevin Phoenix — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:28:38 +0000

Very good post Peter, educational, entertaining and enlightening… you write with clarity and an obvious passion. It is an area that so many, would be blog authors over-look.

I found a particular resonance with your comment… “So keep foreshadowing in mind as a technique you can use whenever you see an opportunity to prepare your child for the near or the distant future.”

How would you suggest foreshadowing a child that is starting nursery school where the language spoken is foreign to him/her?