The most interesting thing about our children’s emotional education is that, through it, we change the chemistry of their brains, that is, we give them the opportunity to control their biology.
The negative and widespread influence of the media, poor educational practices, and disrespect in schools or society diminish our children’s emotional abilities.
- We can accept that certain types of social change are inevitable.
- But what we have in our hands are tools to improve your emotional health What can we do?It’s very simple.
- Shall we see?.
Knowing that Serotonin is the main hormone that regulates our mood, we can help our brain produce it naturally. To regulate your body’s levels, simply maintain a healthy diet, get enough sleep each night, and exercise regularly.
That is, to have adequate emotional health, we must implement these habits in our daily lives, in this way we will make sure that our brain is in the ideal conditions to avoid the energy overloads that result from stress and fears.
It is interesting to note, out of curiosity, that renowned researchers say that asking our children to smile and telling them that things are going to get better is really useful, in fact, humans can balance Serotonin levels with a simple smile.
What we have discussed so far must confirm the idea that small things are very important. If there is one way to articulate children’s emotional learning is through play.
The best way to teach them skills that allow them to manage their emotions is through the game, because we can give them the opportunity to learn and practice new ways of feeling, thinking and acting.
In addition, we can become an integral part of the emotional learning process in an extremely effective way, in fact, after introducing an attractive dynamic, curiosity and repetition that children have and ask for will do the rest of the work.
For example, when a child faces fear, it’s good to help him or her feel identified with a fictional character she admires, so we can play with them wondering what they would do if they were in their idol’s place.
If we articulate a number of games of this type or others, such as puppets, relaxation or body exploration, we will lead children to acquire the skills necessary to manage their emotions.
It will also help them develop self-knowledge, which will stimulate their interest in working on aspects whose complexity is not yet understood, and in this way will promote the development of healthy self-esteem based on self-respect.
As we said earlier, it can be very easy to make our children grow up in a balanced way, just feed them with love and your fears and emotional problems will starve to death. Let’s see below how we can do it in 3 simple steps.
A house is created from the emotions of the people who compose it, the hundreds of toys in their rooms are of no use if we do not share our love with them through gestures of affection and attention.
When children do something wrong or behave aggressively, we’re used to using rejection strategies. Some examples say “I don’t love you anymore?” Are you really bad?. However, in this way, they will not understand that what is wrong is what they have done, not their self-esteem.
That’s why the messages we have to send them are like, “We don’t know what you did. “This way, we won’t diminish your self-esteem or question our feelings about them.
What our children see in us, for them, is not present in anyone else, so it is essential to dedicate our sincere time and interest to them and offer them a vision of their world in a loving and unconditional way.