Hello and welcome. This is Mia Von Scha of Transformational Parenting and today we are going to be discussing what to do when children label the world in very black and white ways. Here is the email that I received…
 
Hi Mia
I call this "the  dichotomous categorization conundrum"...
My son, 2 and 10 months, has heard from others (not me I should hope) about "goodies" and "baddies".  I hate HATE HATE this way of talking to kids and hearing things like this. 

Hello. This is Mia Von Scha from Transformational Parenting. And today I have a more light-hearted question about letting kids run around barefoot. Here is the email that I received:

Hi Mia
My son is barefoot 99% of the time.  Occasionally he wears shoes if the road or other surface is hot or if he asks for them (unusual) or if we are at a park and I have seen glass on the grass  (sadly this happens at parks).
My question is 2 pronged...

This week I have a scenario from a mother of three who is worried about her son's reactions to her emotions, seeming to want her to be happy all the time.
 
Here's what she says...
I am a mother of 3 kids, aged almost 4, 2.5 and 9 months.
My oldest son, the almost 4 year old, is, "a highly sensitive boy". (I don't tell him that he is sensitive, this is just an observation).  This is my concern...