subject: Who's zoomin' who? [print this page] A quick synopsis would be Mom is teaching what consideration of others looks like, which fall into the category of courtesy. Darian gains self-confidence by trusting that when he breaks this boundary there will be consequences. His little world becomes more predictable and stable. Mom has learned that teaching her child to consider others starts with her first. When this routine becomes automatically successful the gain in self-confidence translates into building trust for both mom and Darian.
