– “Follow the Giggles” which he says means doing something over and over again if it makes a child giggle. – “The process of growing up and learning things and mastering new skills brings lots of frustration and this frustration is released by giggles (when you’re lucky) or tears (when the feeling is too strong to come out through laughter). Cohen suggest responding to name-calling with “I love you too” or “You can call me stupid but don’t call me. – A child who is calling you names or making faces is really trying to say they love you and they want to get close just like a junior high boy who teases a girl to show that he likes her. Some of my favorite advice/quotes from the book: And my relationship with M feels less confrontational than it did a few weeks ago.
I’m nagging, scolding, and yelling less which isn’t to say not at all just less. I’ve been applying several of the principles from the book and in general things are going better. I like the way Cohen advocates a gentle, playful approach with kids but also admits how hard it is to achieve that rather than piling guilt on parents for feeling too tired to be playful and too overwhelmed not to scold. All of his work with children, parents, couples, abuse survivors, and families has guided him towards writing about human connections.Playful Parenting is my favorite of the parenting books I’ve read lately. His treatment innovations have included the first groups in the country for husbands and boyfriends of sexual abuse survivors, as well as one of the first therapy groups for male survivors of sexual abuse. Magazine was the winner of the 2003 Golden Lamp award from Education Press. He wrote two more books about children's friendships and peer relationships with Michael Thompson and Catherine O'Neill Grace: Best Friends, Worst Enemies, and Mom, They're Teasing Me. Cohen is also the author of The Opposite of Worry and co-author of The Art of Roughhousing. Cohen is a frequent speaker at schools and community groups, and he has served on multiple advisory boards.ĭr.
In addition to his private practice of psychotherapy and play therapy, Dr.
He is the author of the book Playful Parenting which is translated into 14 languages and the winner of the NAPPA Gold Award for parenting resources. Lawrence Cohen is a licensed psychologist who specializes in child's play and play therapy.
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