You can teach a child to be happy

• May 6, 2024

Be happy is the maximum desire of the human being , and the maximum desire we have for our children.

In the same way that current psychology has been adopting a positive style that emphasizes positive emotions that optimize individual psychophysical health and relationship life, it would be very beneficial for families to adopt this style so that the children who grow up within that family environment can grow and develop healthily and happy.

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , the manager of Sport City Nutrition Rubén Lepe, gives us some recommendations for a healthy lifestyle:

How is the positive style of current psychology?

From its origins and until not so long ago, psychology only focused on pathology, mental illness, weakness, suffering: all terms that lead us to portray the human being from the side of existence negative, as if he were a victim tied hand and foot that nothing can do to change his destiny.

Currently, from well-supported studies, expanding and enriching the intervention framework, and also far from any pseudoscience managed by a fashion guru, the new psychology stopped focusing on mental disorders, to look at the man from positive side . It is no longer a question of repairing the broken, of eliminating the negative, but of intervening from an approach and stimulation of the potentialities and human virtues , positive emotions, values , the strengths , the optimism .

In short, the accent is placed on mental well-being, good living, quality of life, so that the human being can, in addition to living healthily, emerge stronger from adversity, from crises that may present themselves. It is important to make clear that this is not about eliminate negative emotions , but focus and stimulate positive emotions that act as an "air bag", against the difficulties that may be experiencing. Faced with these difficult circumstances, which are there and can not be changed, what can be changed is the look and attitude towards those events that occur in life. It's about being able to see them as a growth opportunity Y evolution , instead of seeing them as an Apocalypse.

Specifically, what is the role of the family in the expression of positive emotions?

The boys absorb as sponges the emotional climate that can be expressed in the home. If we show you with the example that we feed the positive emotions , as they develop, they will grow stronger and ceasing to be prone to experiencing negative emotions and they will be generators of positive emotional climates s and optimists.

Can a child be taught to be happy?

We can teach you to be happy if we recognize that we are the mirror where you look and:

• We generate within the family a emotional climate favorable
• We recognize and adequately express our emotional states
• We find possibilities in the middle of the difficulty
• We went out strengthened of adverse circumstances
• We practice the smile expansive and good humor
• We can see that the negative is nothing more than a part of existence
• We put in motion strategies to increase family welfare
• We look with optimism what exists around us
• We put in words the feelings
• We keep the hope even in difficult situations
• We cultivate values and the virtues
• We encourage positive emotions like joy, love, good humor, hope, among others
• We favor a containment climate
• We stimulate the ability of be happy
• We manifest with clear messages our love towards him
• We respect His emotions
• We guide you through affected
• Do not the we humiliate
• The we love just for being our son
• We set your limits
• We do not overprotect it
• We appreciate your strength s
• We show you that mistakes are a learning opportunity
• We trust in your ability to solve difficulties
• We put the accent on their abilities, not on the shortcomings
• We show you that Adversities are temporary

Before leaving, I leave you with a question: Is not this the best time to learn and teach your child to be happy?

About the Author

Lic. María Laura Cortés - Psychologist - Ontological coach
marialaura.cortes@gmail.com

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