Well, but I don't think working from our own experiences is a bad approach at all, provided we're aware that's what we're doing and we always ask questions.

I mean, how else can we understand the experiences of 3/4/5/6yos and help them? We have to use our own filters to do that because even HG+ kids usually don't have the ability to communicate fully their needs to us. We can only work with what we have.

Obviously we can't assume that our kids are little mini-me's, but I think we have to use what we know if we want to be effective at helping them.

I guess I'm suggesting that you all shouldn't second-guess yourselves too much there, IMHO. I think you're doing the right thing!

FWIW...

Kriston