“Play is a major avenue for learning to manage anxiety. It gives the child a safe space where she can experiment at will, suspending the rules and constraints of physical and social reality. ... About play

玩耍是孩子掌控焦虑的重要渠道。它给孩子空间让她可以随意试验，把现实限制暂时抛开。在玩耍时，孩子成为主人，而不是服从对象。她可以自己决定，而不是要听命于大人的决定，或是被动承受生命所带来的不幸 。玩让孩子超越被动，成为决定她周遭状况的主动实践者。- 《幼儿的情感生活》

《奖励出好孩子》 告诉我们，对于孩子的某个具有挑战性的行为，我们要事先设立像本书介绍的奖励计划这样的应对计划很重要。面对孩子有些重复出现、并且长期都让大人很头痛的行为，若我们事先没有一个应对计划，每次到争执或矛盾发生的时候，才忙于应对，大人就很容易情绪失控，把局面弄得很糟

Yang Min Writes: This book tells us that it is very important for parents to plan ahead, for example, to design a reward plan, in order to address a certain repeated challenging behavior from ... My book: Rewards for Kids

很难过听到你得了癌症，希望你的治疗能成功。一般来说，让8岁的孩子知道真相是最好的，你要用最正面的方式告诉她你的诊断。告诉她你要去医院动手术，或接受其他治疗。从你和别人的交谈中，她能够感受到你的忧虑，所以清楚地告诉她会有帮助。同时，告诉她，在你接受治疗的时候，谁会来照顾她也很重要。

I am very sorry to hear of your diagnosis. I hope your illness can be treated successfully. In general it is best to tell an eight-year-old the truth, but certainly to be as positive as you ca... 2015年12月1日

Dear Mrs. Shiller: I am diagnosed with cancer today. I am wondering if I can tell my kid. My kid is eight years old, a third grader. Thank you.

你好，希勒女士，今天查出得了cancer，想请教，是否可以和孩子谈这个。孩子八岁，三年级。thank you

Before we can effectively draw anything out of our students, we have to draw it out of ourselves. I am embarrassed sometimes at the hypocrisy of trying to teach our students the values and sk... Starting from Scratch: One Classroom Builds Its Own Curriculum