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"Kid Whispering": Keeping Your Kids Safe With Verbal First Aidâ„¢

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Verbal First Aidà "ž may seem like magic words, but that's only one small part of the miracle that is created when we help children in this way. We give them a gift not only of healing in the moment, of easing pain or stopping the flow of blood, but we endow them with a resource they will take with them forever.

With Verbal First Aidà "ž , with our calm presence, our guidance, and our carefully chosen words, they learn to develop an internal authority"and that's the key to safety!

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Judith Acosta is a licensed psychotherapist, author, and speaker. She is also a classical homeopath based in New Mexico. She is the author of The Next Osama (2010), co-author of The Worst is Over (2002), the newly released Verbal First Aid (more...)
 
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