Children's Drawings Speak to You, Doctor Edwige Antier

Wonder and anxiety follow one another in the minds of parents who see their children draw: what do these shapes, these sometimes violent, often mysterious colors mean? Do these drawings express discomfort, or are they a normal sign of a child's psychological development? In this book, Edwige Antier comments on children's drawings from two to twelve years old, grouped thematically and by age, sharing her knowledge of the child's inner world in an approach similar to Françoise Dolto's: step by step, she precisely explains to parents, in simple and reassuring terms, the meaning of a sun, a house with closed shutters, a head with closed eyes, etc. She also draws the psychological profile of the child through their drawing, taking into account the circumstances in which the drawing was made and its recipient (a child does not draw the same thing for their mother, their teacher, or their psychiatrist). This is an essential and accessible book for discovering the hidden meaning of this universal language that is drawing, as essential to those who study children as dreams are to adult psychoanalysts.