Gentle Teaching
Companionship is the word John McGee - the founder of gentle teaching - gave to the relationship based on the four pillars: feeling safe, loved, loving and connected. This is a very essential human relation. The word ‘companionship’ comes from the Latin words ‘com’ and ‘panis’, meaning ‘together’ and ‘bread’. So literally companionship means ‘ sharing bread’, or sharing life.
In normal child development we speak about the attachment which grows almost naturally between a child and his/her parents. This attachment is the fundament for the further development of the child as a social human being.
When the attachment had failed, or is lost due to life circumstances, we need to focus on establishing companionship.
When the attachment had failed, or is lost due to life circumstances, we need to focus on establishing companionship.
Companionship