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When a child spends too much time alone, growth ';
can begin to suffer. The natural tendency to ';
stick with what @3 knows well and enjoys can ';
become a limiting factor. ';
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Playing with others is a purposeful thing for a ';
child. It is similar to work for an adult. The ';
gains to be made in terms of control and growth ';
are like those an adult finds at work. ';
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When children get involved with something, it ';
can almost consume them. This can be to the ';
detriment of a child learning a broad base of ';
self-control. ';
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Tapping into @5's natural desire to have ';
fun can help @1 to expand naturally the ';
horizons that @3 will set out to master. ';
Growth is going into a new realm while develop- ';
ment is mastering the realm where you are. ';
Involvement is a key to building perserverence ';
and the control necessary to make it worthwhile.';
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@5 will naturally be caught up in things ';
that are important, interesting or fun. If a ';
thing is important to you, it will be important ';
to @5; if it interests you, it will in- ';
terest @1 . On the other hand, something is ';
either fun or it isn't, your emphasis matters. ';
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If something loses its natural intrigue for a ';
child, the tendency is to avoid dealing with it.';
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If @5 does not deal with something, the ';
control that can be acquired in the process will';
be lost. As a parent, you have the power to ';
make almost any task into a game. This is par- ';
ticularly true if you enter into the game with ';
@5. Try it - you might have fun too. ';
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Social control is aided when @5 can and ';
does take others and their needs into account. ';
Finding out what others need is not simple. ';
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You have to share with @5 what you un- ';
derstand about others. When @3 appears upset, ';
perplexed or confused as a result of an inter- ';
action, ask what's wrong and then help @1 to ';
understand what the other person needed. ';
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A strong sense of purpose will build self- ';
control, and learning to shift the purpose to ';
meet changing needs builds self-control of a ';
different sort. ';
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The fine tuning that occurs when you are forced ';
to adjust or adapt to changing circumstances is ';
a key element in acquiring the control necessary';
to carry things to a successful conclusion. ';
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Taking others interests as your own and then ';
working to help them, calls for a measure of ';
self-control boarding on detachment. ';
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Teaching @5 the control that comes with ';
compassion, empathy and sympathy is difficult ';
unless the need to help others is placed before ';
them at all times. You place it there by en- ';
couraging it, rewarding it when it happens and ';
showing it by how you treat others around you. ';
The focus of a child is naturally narrow and ';
often the control gained is equally narrow. ';
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Helping your child to see how each individual ';
bit of behavior fits into a broader tapestry is ';
a powerful way to have each little thing @3 ';
does take on a greater significance. This view ';
has a motivational element and @3 learns to ';
link behaviors into patterns of control. ';
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What a person wants and what they need are often';
different. It is important for @5 to ';
know the distinction internally and to make the ';
distinction when dealing with others. ';
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Ask @5 what @3 wants at the moment, and ';
at other times ask @1 what is needed to make ';
things work right to help @1 learn to make this ';
distinction. ';
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