Physical activities

A mother comes back and sees that her three-year old child lying on the floor and throwing tantrums. And her husband was standing disgusted at the behavior of the child.

The Mother grabbed a pencil and pad and told the child,

 

Mother: Here, show me how angry you are? Draw a picture of the way you feel.

    (The child takes the pencil and pad and draws angry circles.)

Child: This is how I feel!

Mother: You are really angry! Here is another piece of paper, show me more how angry you are. (He scribbled more furiously on the page.)

Mother: Boy, you are that angry!

When she handed him a third piece of paper, he was definitely calmer. He looked at it for a long time. Then he said,

Child: Now I will show my happy feelings.

(He drew a circle with two eyes and a smiling mouth. It was unbelievable.)

 

Lesson: Parents have found that when the child is extremely upset, sometimes a physical activity can help to relieve some painful feelings. There are children who feel calmer after punching a pillows, grocery cartons, etc. But one activity which seems most comfortable for parents to watch and most satisfying for children to do is to draw their feelings. In the above case study, in two minutes the child had changed from being hysterical to smiling – just because the mother let him show how he felt.

 

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