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What do we teach our children about these things?
* How to deal with a bully.
* What to do if someone is mean to them.
* How to express their feelings if their feelings are hurt (in a way that is not combative)
* How to develop an inner sense of confidence.
* What happens when they feel scared, or hurt?
* How to be able to cope with stress.
* How to be able to communicate clearly so that people will know what they feel, and what they need.
Typically we do our best to help them through the situations that come up in their lives. Yet we are always teaching "situation by situation."
What if there were principles that we could share with them that they could apply in every single circumstance? What if we could teach them these principles, give them practice using these principles in role plays or games, and then when those difficult situations come up, we could just refer to principles they already know are true?
Wouldn't that be easier?
I have found that as I have done this with my children and other groups of children, that these principles make a life-changing difference. They empower children.
Remember:
Everyone wants to be in control.
The Law of Control says this:
We are happy to the exact extent we feel we can control our lives.
We are unhappy to the exact extent we feel we cannot control our lives.
Children are no different.
Children need and want control.
The trick is that we need to understand that the only thing we can control in life is our emotions.
Children can learn that too.
In order to know, that, though, we do have to learn to understand emotions!
Our children do too, and we can teach them.
Note: I am posting articles on my blog about how to teach children about emotions. These are short mini-lessons that we can share with our children. Just go to the blog and click on the category of "Teaching Children About Emotions."
I teach many classes about children and emotions also. Click on the course schedules page -- and if you don't see one there, e-mail me and I will set one up!
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