How to Make a Happy Child

Without mutual respect in the fun family, one group or person
is always the target or victim, always left out because they
are the butt of the "fun." Lack of respect creates an
environment where fun is associated with fear or, at the least,
a lack of safety. Watch a child being mean on the playground
and take a guess at how "fun" is dispersed in his/her home!

Mutual respect is vital and the absence of it represents the
single largest stumbling block for any family. Rule one for
using play to create a fun, fearless family is that family play
is collaborative.

For your family to be fearless, you must make a personal
decision, each day, that laughter is with, not at, another. If
you laugh at each other you can have "fun" (the unhealthy
variety, however, because the fun is at someone's expense), but
you will not be fearless.

Fear is always generated when you know that someone is going to
be a victim and your laughter in such an environment is often
generated out of the relief that you aren't the victim -- this
time.

Adults are guilty of misusing humor to embarrass or ridicule
children. This might be funny, but it is not fun for the kids
and soon helps them associate fun with discomfort and failure.

On the other hand, we understand that parents are the authority
figures and should rightfully sit atop the family hierarchy. That
is why the respect must flow in both directions; the
children must understand that the family's playful interactions
do not change the reality that the parents are in charge of and
responsible for the safety and well-being of the family.

We call this mutual respect -- any time either the parents or
the children abuse the fun, you should gently, but surely, help
him/her remember that heathly, fearless fun is a victimless
event in which everyone can participate.

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