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For Parents Sel sh Shell sh
The Story Books in the Cosmos Crow Coping Skills series are designed to help all of us (children and adults) learn that much of our success and happiness in life depends on our “Self-Talk”.
If you tell yourself things that are realis c and make sense (Good Thinking you are more likely to deal with life situations and those in it successfully. If you tell yourself things that are not realistic and don’t make sense (S nky Thinking) you will deal with life situa ons and those in it less successfully.
Children, by the very nature of being children tend to have a lot of “S nky Thinking”. This is not a func on of intelligence or parenting, it is just a fact of nature. You will often see your own “mom(dad)ism” used in a story. The stories and lessons of Coping Skills are designed to help both children and adults learn the skills of “Good Thinking".
Our “Sel sh Shell sh” is about two very human characteris cs... being sel sh and being jealous. These two quali es seem to be very natural but cause a lot of problems for the child or adult that can not see how foolish these feelings and behaviors are in school, the home and in all of life.
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