You are the only child in your mother's eyes

You are the only child in your mother's eyes

The 30th of each month to cut off the bill

4 weeks

Does my mom pay special attention to me when I'm being naughty?

Discover the emotional needs behind your child's behavior

🔸 Max has nine siblings, all of whom look very much alike with their tiny bodies and yellow feathers!

Max is worried. Can Mom tell which one is him?

🔸 Feeling that being mischievous might be more "recognizable", Max ran into coal piles, flour sacks and paint buckets again and again, and dyed his yellow feathers into different colors before running to his mother and innocently asking, "Mom, it's me! Do you recognize who I am?"

🔸 Mom only needs to take one look and always replies immediately, "Of course I recognize you, Max, you're my boy."

Why does Mom always recognize Max? Why did Max confirm it to his mom like that?

This warm and adorable picture book shows a child's insecurity and anxiety, and the mom's reassuring answers to the child's questions over and over again.

🔸 In the story, compared to the only child, Pony, and the small family, Piggy, Max has nine siblings in his family, and it is likely that his mom's attention and time for individual children are more scattered. However, every child's inner need to be cared for and understood by their parents is the same. Therefore, Max tries to win his mother's attention by being naughty and mischievous, and he changes his appearance again and again to test his mother, in order to make sure that his uniqueness in his mother's heart and whether she understands him. In fact, every move a child makes calls for his mother's love and attention.

In a mother's eyes, every child is special and irreplaceable. By taking the trouble to answer her child's questions, the child is reassured of his or her own identity, and at the same time demonstrates the mother's unchanging and unquestionable love. This book shows us the insecurity behind a child's mischief, the desire and need for love and care.

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