Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The Importance of Expressing Warmth to Children
We can emphasize to a child and reinforce the existence of their personal value by projecting positive and sincere affection to them.
Our kindness toward our young children, cordially invites them to feel more at ease and secure about the daily challenges they face.
The gentleness we give serves to guide them by the approving tonality we set.
When these very basic security and emotional needs are met, confidence and comfort is more prevalent in children.
Teachers and parents, alike, can show they like their children by expressing a tone that reflects warmth and promotes a relaxed composure in the child's behavior.
One obvious way young children learn is by observing our behavior.
Children can sense our changing emotions. They can see when we are experiencing troubled times.
We must learn to respond to our situations by acting in an appropriate manner when bad things do happen to us.
As adults, we must set the stage for less stress in our children, and show them that we can handle and process problems when they arise.
Through mimicry, children tend to imitate some of the visible examples they see in their lives. They can mirror our responsiveness to dilemma by witnessing our own attitudes and cooperation with complicated events.
The continuation of these factors is an elemental force that grows a developing child's confidence and emotional intelligence.
Making sure we practice optimistically dealing with issues, enhances our child's connection to how confidently he may feel about problem-solving in his own scenarios.
It's also one thing we can do to grow a child's security, and convey real warmth to them.
In what ways do you show authentic warmth to your children? What is one thing you can implement today, to activate your learning? You have the power to give them approval, or take it away.
---Leah
