Simone Davies

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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children · TPP 147: Simone Davies Talks About the Montessori Philosophy and Differently Wired Kids · 5 Mar 2019 podcast

Things like biting, um, we try and stay nearby a child who's often being triggered and finding themselves biting because what biting often happens in toddler years when they don't um have the words yet to say what they want.

They might even have tried to like pull the toy back closer to them that someone else was taking off them and then the second time they're just like if you're not going to

Let go of the toy I was playing with, I'll bite you.

So we try and often translate for them, but sit nearby because like I often say it's our job to keep you safe and to keep everyone safe.

And so I can just sit nearby, almost being like a bodyguard, to kind of put my hands between them.

It's like I'm not gonna let you hurt each other.

I'm keeping you separate.

I also like I don't blame the biter, they're not going to get punished because they've got something to say.

And often it was like, yeah, someone tried to take a toy off them or something happened unexpectedly.

So I I selected and give myself as a translator for them.

Are you telling them that the toy is not finished?

And then we once they've calmed down and we've managed to resolve the thing is to make amends with them.

So that I will get asked the child, you know, should we go and check with your friend to see if they're okay?

Um, maybe we can get them a wet cloth or maybe you want to get a tissue and we can offer that to them.

So they also learn to take responsibility.

I think some people think that Montessori is all about they can do whatever they like, but actually I find it really important to help those children to make amends as well.

And if your child just runs the other direction and leaves, which happens, right?

then we model it to the other child.

Like I'm really sorry my child bit you.

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