Let’s tell a little story to illustrate the importance of emotional gifts. Imagine a mother or parent coming home after a day’s work and offering a gift for the child. Could it be a stroller, a doll, a drawing?Something like this, in the face of the joy expressed by the son, this father or mother decides the next day to do the same: he appears at home with a doll or a building game.
When the child realizes that the child is very happy every time he/she receives a gift, the father or mother chooses to repeat this gesture frequently, appearing almost daily with some affection What can happen in the medium and long term?
- The child can get used to it and not appreciate the gifts.
- That is.
- What was once a surprise can become a custom.
- When this behavior is established.
- The child may be angry the day the father appears without the treat.
- Can his pocket handle an expense rate like this?Will there be so much accumulated in your home?.
The pedagoguus Andrés Parus, referring to this question, confirms how beautiful it can be to appreciate the smile, surprise, gratitude and expectation on the child’s face by receiving a gift that, on the other hand, should not be very expensive. Today we live in a reality in which material details prevail, in many cases to compensate for the lack of pleasures in other plans. What’s going on? In Paris’s opinion, the child ends up losing expectations.
So, is there another option to change that? In fact, Paris recommends the emotional gift. Why does the child constantly receive gifts on birthdays, communions, children’s parties, Christmas and baptisms, or when he loses a tooth, when he performs a feat, when he or she travels with his family or classmates?
There are countless opportunities to receive gifts. That’s why they stop valuing them, kids are used to getting things all the time, and that’s becoming the norm.
Thus, we lose the true value of a toy and enter a competitive and absurd spiral to see what is the most impressive, expensive, largest or most technological gift.
“The best gifts are not bought, the best gifts are the ones that are made. -Gianni Rodari-
But what are emotional gifts? Based on Andrés Parus’ theory, it would be these details that are not physical, but have the ability to remain in the memory and consciousness of those who give them and who receive them, causing pleasant feelings of affection, tenderness, love. Etc.
In this sense, if you want to give your children more emotional gifts, the educator recommends choosing the following:
If you really want to enjoy a child’s sincere smile, remember: emotional gifts can be a wonderful option for our little ones to be happy for a long time.
What if we start laughing more and spend less on things we don’t need or don’t make us feel as good as a hug or a hug?