Emotions, if we think carefully about this word, the first thing that can come to mind is joy, sadness, anger, fear, or we can go back to the past and remember something A moment that made us feel happy and we were so recorded that hearing that word is the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe also if your passion is music, close your eyes and listen deep down to that beautiful melody that transports you to places where you can only go Savoring that beautiful song that wakes you nostalgia. It is in this way that we can realize that when talking about emations, each one of us according to the life experiences that he has accumulated throughout his history, will be able to interpret or give meaning to This word differently.
However, what happens if we talk about emotional education? Perhaps for some who are interested in the subject, they will know what it is. There will also be others who will know how to give you a brushstroke based on what they have heard, or on their own interest they have taken care of the subject. However, we know that there will be many who will not know what we are talking about, and this is not uncommon. Do you not believe then that being such an important issue, of utmost importance, should it be handled by the majority and not just a privilege of some?
This happens because this concept was never properly incorporated into our lives from the moment we were born or from before, since when our mothers had us in their womb. There are studies that show that emotional education begins already in the womb, since there is evidence that indicates that the emotions or emotional state of the mother are transferred to the baby. When we went to school, did anyone talk to us about emotional education? And was the time and importance due? Or within our families, was the subject ever touched upon? We were taught to become aware of ourselves, of our emotions, of others, and were we told how to regulate them? "Emotional intelligence" is called the above, but at this point I think we still have much to learn. It is never too late, the important thing is not to look guilty to this, much less, to separate ourselves from responsibility by saying: " It is that they had never told me about this ." Because while our parents or our schools did not have knowledge or did not instruct us on the subject, it will also be because they did not have someone to support them and make them known.
So our task is to make ourselves aware that this issue is relevant, yes we must accommodate it in the education of our children and youth, and we as adults also need to educate ourselves in our emotions. To the teachers and parents and all the people in general that we do have the possibility of benefiting from information related to the wonderful and disturbing world of emotions, I invite you to fall behind and start together to relearn and re-educate. Little by little we can contribute together to change the course and redirect education along the path that is not only intellectual but also emotional that we need today.
To complement the theme I share a very interesting video that emphasizes the importance of the first years of life, since this is where our first emotional patterns are formed. The emotions and the handling of them that prevails in our first years, will mark us in the long term either in a favorable or unfavorable way. It is very important to feel protected and safe in our first stage of life, where physical contact and connection with our attachment figures plays a fundamental role, in healthy environments that enhance positive emotions.
In short, the fact that we become balanced and complete people both physically and emotionally, with a high degree of knowledge of ourselves and empathy towards others, will depend on a large percentage of the knowledge and management we have of our emotions and those of our others, and even better if this emotional education begins in our first years of life. Always surrounded by an environment that knows how to strengthen and stimulate our abilities in a positive environment.
As Eduardo Punset says in the book (highly recommended) "How to educate emotions?"
The ideal way to reduce future levels of violence, to increase those of altruism, to prevent the wobbles of health and with it, to lessen the pressure that is collapsing socio-sanitary systems and asphyxiation of all types of benefits, goes through the early commitment to social and emotional learning practice. ”
By Evelyn E.
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Social and emotional learning, life skills
