The Importance Of Emotional Education
Emotional education, or emotional intelligence, is the human quality that allows us to control the different feelings that arise according to the situations in which we find ourselves.
Although many people think that we must not hide what we feel, much less mask or hide it, but rather that we need to bring it to light as it is the basis of sincerity and naturalness, it is also not appropriate to behave as mere animals acting on the basis to their instincts.
Our species differs from others precisely because of its civilization. They live in society and the laws that govern coexistence are based on good education , on the rules of courtesy and on tolerance towards others.
Today we will talk about emotional education.
How to impart emotional education to a child?
Parents emotionally educate when they teach the child to positively manage their emotions, especially those that arise from social relationships.
Emotional intelligence is an effective way of getting along well with both those we know and those who are strangers to us; if we know how to behave and interact within the world in which we live, we have all the skills to be successful.
To teach your child emotional education and prepare them to live in society, you need to talk to them right away about:
- Empathy
- Rationale
- Assertiveness
- Perseverance
- Motivation
- Courtesy
- Respect
- Gratitude
- Discipline
- Altruism
- Affection
- Tolerance
- Sincerity
Below we will focus on 4 of these skills that we consider fundamental.
Empathy
Empathy is the human quality that helps us put ourselves in the shoes of others. It is the cognitive ability that gives us the ability to experience on our skin what another person is experiencing.
To teach your child to be empathetic, you need to ask him how he would feel if another child made fun of his physical qualities in front of the whole class, just like he does, or explain why he should visit and play with his neighbor. who has just lost her pet.
Assertiveness
L ‘ assertiveness is the behavior that leads us to communicate openly with others, to be honest, direct, clear and not to submit to the beliefs of others if we do not agree.
However, it is essential to know and teach children that being assertive does not mean attacking or harming others when they don’t think like us, when they don’t share our feelings or ideas.
Assertiveness is based on the defense of our rights, while being totally respectful, without offending or hurting.
If you want to teach your child to be assertive, you must first teach him the importance of studying and learning; only in this way will he be able to have a knowledge base that helps him defend his criteria.
To be assertive in his communication and be sure of something, he must know research and experiences of third parties, manage concepts and concrete facts.
Courtesy
When we speak of courtesy we refer to practicing good manners, rules that are used within the culture to which we belong.
To help your child learn to be polite, show them how they should behave around others. Teach them to say good morning, to give thanks, to ask about people’s health, to give way to the elderly, not to interrupt conversations without permission.
Make it clear that being courteous does not mean submitting or being servile, but polite and nice.
Tolerance
To be truly tolerant you need to manage an emotional intelligence like few others.
Tolerance is the human capacity that basically contains our negative impulses in the face of situations that are unpleasant or that hurt us.
Tolerance makes it possible for peaceful coexistence between different human beings, with different emotions, motivations, aspirations, reasoning and ideas.
If you teach your child to be tolerant, you are giving him the safest tool there is to curb his violent impulses and handle any civilized situation. If you explain how to be tolerant, you will show him the correct way to listen, without losing his mind, to those who have values and who behave contrary to his beliefs.
Dear mothers, through emotional education, a capacity of the human being, we reach a reasoning that favors the control of emotions.
In this way it is possible to survive, live and triumph in today’s world.
