Understanding Children's Drawings
Drawing is one of the most common childhood activities which have survived in a world full of computers and Internet games. For children, drawing is a sensory experience that enables them to freely express their inner self and imagination. Parents and professionals may use it as a projective tool to learn about the child's social perceptions, emotional difficulties, cognitive stress and even talents.
Family Drawings
Understanding family relationships through drawings
Children's family drawings can be an excellent basis for revealing the unspoken relationships within the family. Elements such as color or design hint at internal coalitions, dominance and the general quality of family relationships.
Knowing how to analyze family drawings opens a door to new and fascinating insights that are often hidden from the parents', educators' and clinicians' view, such as children's real feelings towards each family member.
Family drawings can give you the answer to questions such as:
Knowing how to analyze family drawings opens a door to new and fascinating insights that are often hidden from the parents', educators' and clinicians' view, such as children's real feelings towards each family member.
Family drawings can give you the answer to questions such as:
How do children experience their parents?
Are parents meaningful to their children?
Is the parents' educational approach suitable for their child?
Does the child experience himself as part of a loving, caring family unit?
Does he feel detached and misunderstood by his family?
What is the quality of relationships between the siblings?
How to identify non age-appropriate experiences?
How does a child cope with a newborn in the family?
Children's House Drawings
Understanding their profound symbolism in children's lives.
Home is the most important place in every child's life – this is where he spends a substantial part of his day. The home environment affects the child significantly: the relations with his parents and siblings who form his primary peer group, and social experiences such as inviting friends and sleeping over.
Home is the most important place in every child's life – this is where he spends a substantial part of his day. The home environment affects the child significantly: the relations with his parents and siblings who form his primary peer group, and social experiences such as inviting friends and sleeping over.
Children and Divorce
The moment when one is informed about the impending divorce is a difficult one, whether it's the other parent or a child. In its aftermath, most children experience a sense of crisis due to the major change in the family circumstances and relationships, as well as fears of the future. In many cases, these fears are coupled with various emotional and social difficulties.
Analysis of your children's drawings, particularly at this critical stage, may provide insights into his inner world, and shed light on how he experiences the change. Note that divorce affects children in the same family differently, so that every child will require different parental approaches and reactions.
Diagnosing your children's drawings will enable you to experience their feelings, frustrations and difficulties first hand. Equipped with this understanding, you will be able to reach out to each child and lead her across this bumpy road, in the way most suitable for her as an individual. Accompanying the child closely during these difficult times, with a profound understanding of her needs and ability to meet them will enable you to help her through the divorce process in the best possible way.
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