“Alex began devouring books at an early age,” shares Patricia Ellis Herr, author of Up: A Mother and Daughter’s Peakbagging Adventure. “She was six months old when she reached out her tiny hand, grabbed a page from the book I was reading, ripped off a corner, and shoved it her mouth. In a moment of sentimentality common only to first-time mothers, I grabbed a pen from the nearby end table and wrote ‘Alex ate this’ by the newly serrated edge. Alex’s appreciation of books continued as she grew though, thankfully, her consumption turned figurative.”
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“Try this,” recommends Patricia Ellis Herr, author of Up, “next time you and your child have a warm day to spend together, go for a walk, and let her decide on the destination, but have a ‘no carrying’ rule; this is a particularly empowering approach. Right away, your child knows that she has the power to decide where the two of you are going, and that she will be responsible for getting there on her own two feet. If her desired destination seems unrealistic, don’t worry, and don’t naysay. Without judgment or negative assumptions, let her try.”
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