5 Values to Transmit To Your Children
Teaching a child to be a good, kind and cooperative person are some of the most important lessons we can impart during childhood. If we succeed in this, they will benefit greatly in development and their future.
If a child is peaceful and kind and not too selfish or aggressive, he will be more appreciated by others and develop a healthy sense of self.
Kind-hearted and compassionate children have a greater sensitivity towards the world, people and animals, which in turn helps create a better world.
Transferring these values is not an easy task, but there are five key areas we should focus on when sharing life lessons with children:
1. Gratitude
Teaching our children the importance of gratitude will be the first stone we lay for the foundation of our great castle. The magic words (please and thank you) open many doors for those who use them and are the best calling card. Gratitude is the first step to naturally flowing kindness and compassion.
However, it is not enough to simply insist that our children actually pronounce the magic words for everything without teaching them its value; it’s not just about saying thank you, but feeling gratitude for what they have (for their toys, for the care you provide them, for the opportunities available to them…).
A child must know and understand how powerful gratitude is to generate further goodness. Thus they will learn the value of what they have and what they get.
2. Solidarity
As in everything in life, we are the example for our children and so we should also teach them from childhood the value of sharing with and helping those in need.
It is therefore good for children to see how they can participate in group projects aimed at solving problems that they themselves are not directly involved in. In this way, their lives are full of examples of how offering help can improve the lives of others. Social collaboration is a very important motivator and is something that we as adults and teachers are obligated to teach our children.
3. Emotional Intelligence
This is also a stone that forms the foundation for growing into good-hearted beings. Children should learn to recognize and regulate their emotions.
The purpose of emotional intelligence is to develop kindness, to make it grow along with empathy and love. Emotions serve as motivation, but also as a starting point for good communication and respect for others.
4. Effort and cooperation
We know very well that our children can work together and that this also makes them very happy. So, whenever possible, we should have children work with us on tasks around the house and teach them that every effort has its reward.
5. Ambition
Teaching our children values and updating their knowledge puts the world at their fingertips. What we mean is that if they don’t know they can touch the moon, they won’t try; so provide them with the stairs.
It is very important to give our children the opportunity to grow and to develop kindness, compassion and empathy in their hearts. In this way we encourage their happiness and well-being and of course that of the rest of the world.
–Images of Teresa Ramos Chan–
