[luvinmama]

Originally Posted by bekah

Thank you for that--I believed in theory that GBD created sensitive children, or at least that punitive/harsh responses requires harsher responses in the future.

This is an interesting comment to me. DD has always been "sensitive" but most recently in the past year, (she's nearly 2.5) she has become VERY disturbed by crying babies, children, etc. that are not being attended to. I know most of this is due to her personality--she's very much like DH. However, I wonder sometimes that if we didn't GBD her, how she would be. It's very sad when I think of the "what if's" because, I'm fairly certain she would be crushed right about now and have a lot of internal emotional baggage. She becomes very concerned when she hears yelling, or sees injustice in children, she readily hands over her toys for sharing when someone looks sad, and even gave a favorite doll to a disabled girl last summer in a wheelchair, not by our prompting, but because she wanted to.

I explain to her why kids are crying etc, and "keep it real" as much as I can, and I do believe this has helped her become a more sensitive girl in general. I see the benefits to GBD all the time, and DD is only 2.5.