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We parents know our children so much that we can even anticipate their emotions. We know when they are going to get angry, what things are going to make them happy or if there is something that makes them particularly ashamed.
However, the world of emotions is vast and it is possible that our children live and feel things that we do not know, things that even have an impact on them.
To really know how our children feel, I suggest you the fabulous game of the emotions pacifier. With it you can not only teach them to manage and know their emotions, but we can also know if something is causing them any kind of anguish.
Paul Ekman is known worldwide as the scientist of emotions. This author dedicated a large part of his life to researching people's reactions to emotions. His work was based on the relationship between facial expressions and the emotions they expressed. Ekman thus defined 6 basic emotions: fear, sadness, joy, anger, disgust and surprise.
There are, as in everything, different currents of opinion and another study carried out by researchers from the University of Glasgow summarizes the basic emotions in 4 and not in 6, since disgust and anger share the same expression, as well as fear and anger. surprise.
Beyond scientists and studies on traits and emotions, we as parents can see firsthand that our children live with a whirlwind of emotions. Their poor ability to control themselves, especially at an early age, leads them to go from anger to sadness to feel happy five minutes later
But, how to help them to name those emotions? How to help them to recognize the emotions and feelings that they live? What's more, how do we know how our children feel without pounding questions or addressing them at times when they don't want to talk?
I suggest that you play the game of emotions at home, an idea from the book "Once upon a time a word-eating child" which is an incredible resource for working with emotions with children.
This game allows us to know better what children feel, what things make them feel good, what things can make them feel sad, or what things they feel angry about. It is a great way to get to know our children better (no matter how much we think we know them thoroughly) and to help them in case any event causes them anguish, fear, embarrassment ...
And it is that, in this game of the emotion kite, we deal precisely with this, with the basic emotions. In this case we will not work with 6 like Ekman or with 4 like the Glasgow researchers, we have highlighted 8 emotions.
To start playing we will make a classic paper kite, the classic origami game that we have all played at some point. Behind each flap we will define an emotion, these are the ones that I have considered, but you can use others. Then you just have to move the kite and choose one of the flaps. The child will have to respond to what is behind it:
- Love: Who do you want to give a hug of love today?
- Joy. What's the funniest thing that happened to you today?
- Disgust. Was there something that made you disgusted?
- Surprise. Did someone or something surprise you?
- Shame. Did you feel so uncomfortable or ashamed about something?
- Go to. What made you angry?
- Afraid. Did someone or something scare you?
- Sadness. What was the worst moment of the day, the one that caused you pain?
You can play once a day, or once in a while and thus learn more about the feelings of our children. We must also participate ourselves to create a climate of trust in the family and that our children understand how we feel in different situations.
The Emotions Pacifier is a great game to delve into the sensations and feelings of our children.
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