Hi all
Can anyone give me some advice on the life story book and advice on how to use it, please?
Our wonderful son got a wonderful life story book from his wonderful social worker. It really is nice and created with care.
We have not shown it to him yet as it arrived a short while before Christmas and we wanted to wait. It contains some photos which ds will either not have seen or not seen for a while and some information which will not be something he is concious of. So I really am not sure how to go into all this with him. He is 4. Of course as he cannot read yet we can just look at the pictures and not read the text to him yet. Which I think I will do.
The other thing I am not sure about is whether to include dd (10, our birth daughter) in looking at the book at some stage.
I have been very concious of the whole 'it's his story to tell or not tell' but of course dh and I are privy to the information about him. Giving him a choice in sharing the facts of his early life with his sister, dd, or not seems to be giving him too big a responsibility in a way. When dh and I are long gone dd will still be there and for her to really be there for him I think knowing about his early life would be helpful for him.
Maybe I can ask his permission, whether to show it/share it with her while he looks at, or not, but he is four - is he really able to make that decision at four anyway?
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Life story book and a advice on how to use it, please?
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Italiangreyhound · 30/12/2014 02:06
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