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Poll: Parents: Child therapy?
I was just wanting some parental thoughts. I want to look into a different form of therapy for children. You could almost call it "food therapy".
An example of a session would be with a 5 year old we make "worms 'n' dirts": making homemade chocolate pudding and then assembling a "garden" with pudding and bug gummy candies topped with oreo cookie bits. During the recipe we talk and familiarising ourselves with eachother or start with the lighter topics and getting the child to talk and then while enjoying our snack we try to get to the deeper things.
So my question is is this a style of therapy something you would prefer, educational, hands on as well as progressive? Or would you like the straight in an office across a table playing with toys?
I just want to feel out if this would be something to look into or should I evolve it more? Obviously not all of the snacks would be like that one, could make the bugs on a log (peanut butter, raisins and celery), things like that but you get the drift, child friendly and creative. Any feedback would be awesome!
5 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
That sounds like fun. I don't think it would yield magic results but it would probably be more affective than straight across the table, playing with toys. Children need adults to be open and honest. I have worked with child psychologists who are very good and some that have less results. It usually depends on the person and their ability to connect with children rather than any method they use. If you are coming up with fun ways to get a child to relax, then I say, sounds like you might be one of the better ones. Go for it.
- KimberlyLv 51 decade ago
No. When my daughter was 3 (now 4) she went to therapy. For children that age it is called play therapy. They do this because there has been studies on it to show what a child is feeling by how they play. And what they play with in that room. If you wanted to start some thing like this it would take years of research and studies, To prove it methods were any good and worked.
- 1 decade ago
It might work but just like with us adults, we all respond to different kinds of therapy. If you don't see improvement, then thats when you switch to a different style.
- Mr WarriorLv 71 decade ago
Your trying to fix the kids mental issues, not give them another one by making them fat.
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