The Sad Child – 7 Positive Parenting Tips offers an easy but powerful activity for helping parents turn gloomy kids into happier children. Youngsters want to be loved and listened to. Armed with the right comments, questions, and directions, this simple act of drawing helps kids express their feelings and get the affection they need. It lifts their spirits too. Sign up for our FREE Parenting Newsletter at http://kidsdiscuss.com/contact.asp

1. The Sad Child
Seven
Positive
Parenting
Tips

2. Do you have
a depressed
child?
If so, ask,
“What’s
wrong?”

3. 1. Listen
to your
child.

4. 2. Empathize,
by saying, “I
can see why
you feel that
way.”

5. 3. Say, “Tell
me more,”
until he is
satisfied
that you
understand.

6. 4. Say, “Draw
your feelings.
Then tell me
about it.”

7. 5.
“Now draw a
picture of
how you
would like to
feel.”

8. 6.
Ask, “What
do you need
to do to feel
good like
your
picture?”

9. 7.
Discuss your
child’s ideas
and tell him to,
“Pick one.”

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