In The Magic of Encouragement, Marston suggests placing two pictures next to the child's bed. Encouraging children to view, study, and describe their own photos, Marston continues, is an excellent way to communicate that each person is unique. And showing a child personal baby pictures also can help to alleviate jealousy of a newborn sibling. When the baby recognizes the picture is his image, it's a joyful moment. San Francisco designer Ralph Frischman had this in mind when he co-designed a nursery with a series of baby's portraits enlarged and framed.
Photographs can make it come alive and still be fun.
Whether formal family portraits or informal snapshots, photographs are mighty communicators about the people, places and things that shape our lives.