Worry doll
As a worry doll or Sorgenpüppchen small, handmade dolls are called, their tradition and use of Guatemala and Mexico comes. There the dolls are called Muñeca quitapena in Spanish , the word meaning is the same.
Description and material
Worry dolls are made as handicrafts. In Guatemala, they are made from wire , wool and scraps of cloth and dressed in Maya costume. The size of the dolls ranges from 1 to 5 cm. In western cultures, waste paper , adhesive tape, scraps of paper and colored wool are mostly used. Here the dolls can also be larger.
function
The tradition of using worry dolls comes from Central America. According to a legend , the Muñeca quitapena goes back to a princess named Ixmucane , who received the gift of the sun god to solve all human problems.
Both in tradition and in modern times, worry dolls are given away (or loaned) to serious and / or worried children. These tell her doll all the worries, fears and anxieties and hide the doll under her pillow, and then one night about to sleep. The next morning, all worries and gloomy thoughts should be gone.
In modern pediatrics and child psychiatry , worry dolls play an important role. In psychological conversations with children, worry dolls are used to offer the child an imaginary but trustworthy “contact person”, “listener” and “comforter”. The doll acts as a kind of "mediator" between the child and the therapist.
literature
- Petra Stamer-Brandt, Monika Murphy-Witt: The educational ABC: from fear to anger (= GU counselor children series). Gräfe und Unzer, Munich 2011, ISBN 3833825510 .
- Melanie Gräßer, Eike Hovermann: Children need rituals: This is how you support your child's development. Stress-free through everyday family life. Recommended by: Academy for kindergarten, daycare and after-school care . Humboldt, Hannover 2015, ISBN 3869107146 .
- Fred Christmann: Don't be afraid of fears: learn and guide behavior therapy techniques . Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 3794531477 .
- Nicole Joiner, Dagmar Rücker: Crumpling, folding, cutting, dyeing: Colorful box of ideas for children aged 3–8 . Ökotopia Verlag, Münster 2010, ISBN 3867021163 .
- Charles E. Schaefer, Donna Cangelos: Essential Play Therapy Techniques: Time-Tested Approaches . Guilford Publications, New York 2016, ISBN 1462524516 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles E. Schaefer, Donna Cangelos: Essential Play Therapy Techniques . P. 102.
- ↑ a b Nicole Joiner, Dagmar Rücker: crumple, fold, cut, dye. P. 41.
- ↑ Fred Christmann: Don't be afraid of fears . P. 112.
- ↑ Petra Stamer-Brandt, Monika Murphy-Witt: Das Erziehungs-ABC . P. 34.
- ↑ Melanie Gräßer, Eike Hovermann: Children need rituals. Pp. 24-26.