What to learn from children?

Adults tend to focus more on how to educate, what to transmit, what to teach children, both in the family and in education. But sometimes all the things they have to teach us, which are many, are overlooked.

Although it is necessary to guide them, help them recognize and communicate their emotions, control their impulses or tolerate frustration, children innately have many resources that are lost in adult life in the vast majority of cases and that are the that would help us solve many of the problems we deal with on a daily basis: stress and anxiety among them.

Below I will list the ones that I consider most relevant, to perhaps help awaken them in whoever is reading them. These are traits that we all had at some point, so they can be brought back with some intention.

Curiosity:

Curiosity allows us to explore the new, to follow that impulse or motivation to know what is beyond our reach. Adults sometimes believe that we already know everything, or that there is nothing very interesting outside of our perspective, and we lose ourselves, not only in learning many things but also in the energy that curiosity ignites, which is the fuel that fuels me. projects and tours.

Capacity for wonder:

In addition to curiosity, children are amazed at the encounter with the new. Wonder makes us connect with the wonder of the world in which we live, nature, and everything that we do not control, and that manifests itself so often in an unexpected way. This, in addition, enables changes in ourselves and helps to unfold creativity.

Play:

The ability to create a game with any object and situation is also a resource that is not only playful but also therapeutic. It gives us the ability to think of new alternatives, it offers us different ways to resolve conflicts or to find new ideas and initiatives. It also helps in managing anxiety and stress by offering moments of dispersion.

Not paying attention to the clock or the passage of time:

Children can play for hours without detecting if it is time to eat or sleep. These are deadlines that adults set for them, and of course, it is important that they do so. However, the children's ability to reason without constant attention to time and the clock, so pressing in our current times, is interesting to revalue and recover, because it helps us to keep rhythms more consistent with our body cycles, with nature, and with our creative impulses.

Spontaneity:

This is one of the most difficult aspects to develop in adult life. Sometimes everything is too programmed, and there are many prejudices about what can or cannot be done. Spontaneity allows us to express ourselves more freely and get out of the roles and structures that socially condition us for a moment.

Sincerity and not paying attention to “what they will say”: This aspect, related to the previous one, lies in the enormous expectation that in the adult world is given to the image and to the opinion or judgment of others. This sometimes prevents sincerity and transforms the links into pantomimes, losing the authentic character, which leads us directly to the next point.

Authenticity: Children are like themselves and do not question it. There is no greater authenticity than a child, and that is what makes them transmit to us the freshness and energy that is hardly found in the adult world. They can teach us to accept who we are and help us integrate the parts of ourselves that we sometimes prefer to hide or reject.

Boys and girls have a lot to teach us, and by deploying their tools we will be able to cope with many of the conflicts of today's times more healthily.

 

Thank You

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