You already know that in Peques and Más we are very involved in the development of our children, and that we believe in the need for fathers and mothers to develop our educational function. And by education we not only understand taking them to school, but to be able to contribute to the formation of those little people who will one day be adults and will develop without our help.
What expectations do you have about the future of your children? I particularly put a lot of effort into educating them with love and empathy, so that they know how to strengthen their virtues, be competent, and above all, capable of respecting others. I don't like having preconceived ideas because I have realized that they learn to be independent of me and make their own decisionsIn spite of that I am sure that My intervention now may be decisive at some point in the future of my children.
And having said that (a bit long, it is true) I leave you with some of the family education advice that during the year that we end today, we have offered in Peques y Más. In the relationship with children, go ahead that is due strengthen dialogue and attention to your emotional needs, before the punishments, especially if these are physical.
Talk to the children
There is a premise that we should not lose sight of: our responsibility as parents is much broader than we sometimes think, and one of the things we often miss, is that it is necessary to listen to them to know their concerns, and talk to them to convey our teachings. This must be so in any situation, and even more so when there is some kind of family crisis such as a death in the environment.
Maybe the reason we should communicate with them is related to friends (not always friendships are healthy), or perhaps our eldest son needs much more of our presence, because he feels jealous of the newcomer brother.
Education in values
I used to talk about empathy, and if it is important that we adults have it with the little ones, it is even more important to guide them to try to be empathetic people in the future. We must also ensure that they develop an acceptable level of self-esteem that will facilitate their future development and improve relations with the environment, do we consider that affection helps them build the latter?
We have also seen here the importance of preventing lies to highlight the value of 'the truth', and we have reflected on how to ask for forgiveness. Just as we have remembered the family norms with the aim of avoiding the phenomenon of the 'emperor syndrome'.
And back with empathy, it is important that let's also develop it towards pets that live with us at homeBut would we know when children are ready for it? Of course, what should never be allowed is to perform cruel acts against animals.
In many occasions what interests us are much more practical aspects such as the incentive of collaboration in housework.
What if we care about health?
We have treated the prevention of eating disorders and education at lunchtime, and the fact that baubles, besides having no nutritional value, can cause problems in children, has reappeared on our pages. Another recurring theme is that of the effects of television on children, Do you feel like catching up a bit?, and what about the excessive use of video games?
Do you have doubts about whether it should be done family sex education?, maybe they dissipate (or maybe not) our 10 reasons to do so. Another controversial and very topical issue is prevention to protect them from actions such as cyberbullying and Internet grooming.
The movement to avoid sedentary lifestyle is also part of health education, we all know very well. And maybe they come in handy some extra health advice, as is the care of the back in children.
They go to school, and we follow their evolution closely
Dads and moms we must not only review school agendas, and ensure that they finish their homeworkWe should also go to tutorials whenever possible, and provide support when they should study. On the other hand, there are moments in his school career when he is sure that they need us much more, for example the change from Infant to Primary, or to start a new course in a different school. And now an idea for reflection: can extracurricular activities become overload?
And there are also very particular situations in which our action would be useful by informing us first and then acting, in the case of Learning Disorders.
Several months ago we were wondering how children learn and acquire knowledge, and we also gave some ideas to encourage creativity in children. Although the truth is that we were able to focus much more on certain learning or skills, such as that time we offered clues to develop musical talent.
Bullying is a topic that concerns us and therefore we have dedicated several spaces to talk about him in our blog, among all the entries, I would like to highlight this one that tells us how to detect it (even though the children do not tell us).
This is just a summary of our family education tips, you will find many more on our pages, and of course We will continue to enrich the contributions made by Peques and Más to families with children from five to 12 years old.
Happy New Year to all the families that follow us !, and thank you for your trust.
