An educator tells a child, "We don't hit our friends." The child responds, "He is not my friend." This is a true story that happened as I observed students during a clinical practicum class. For some reason, in early childhood education programs, many educators habitually use the word “friends” when they talk to children. "Let's hold hands, friends" or "time to sit together, friends." They also spend time reminding children that everyone in the program is a friend. What’s the problem with forcing the concept of friendship on children? I think that the simple vignette offered at the beginning of this blog is the answer.
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Miriam Beloglovsky
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