Parent Education for Emotional Intelligence Development in Children

The family and cultural environment in which children live has a significant impact on their ability to express their emotions. Children who grow up in a family environment that allows them to express what they feel comfortably feel the need to further develop their vocabulary to convey their feelings. As a result, they learn more words. Children who grow up in families that do not feel enough freedom experience difficulties in expression. Everyone has and will have moments in their life when they get angry, angry, hated or have a pessimistic view of things. The important thing is not to display these emotions that he partially experiences, but to be able to control them. It is about which emotion, where, how, to what extent and in what way it is reflected to others and how one can develop attitudes and behaviors accordingly by understanding their emotions. This is a matter of skill. It can be learned, taught and improved. Children will experience many different emotions similar to these in their lives and reflect these emotions to their parents and friends.

We must provide emotional literacy to our children in the preschool period. For emotional development in children; It is necessary to add new emotion words to the child's vocabulary. For this purpose;

• We can ask the children to explain what they think about the feelings of people whose photographs appear in books, magazines and newspapers, and to give an example of the moments when they felt this emotion (facial expressions, body). Language and emotion cards and story pictures can be used for this purpose.)

• Games, activities, drama, puppet games and fairy tales that give the opportunity to understand and recognize emotions can be useful in this regard.

• Increasing the use of body language in children by playing charades and creating different facial expressions in front of the mirror

• Speaking exercises with tone of voice reflecting different emotions

First of all, parents need to understand that children have a different problem and accept this fact. They must embrace their unique qualities.

• I always like personalizing words like "I like this behavior of yours"

• "Your behavior is very nice" It gives them confidence, courage and happiness.

The best way to raise children who care about others and are interested in them; It is to teach random ways to do good deeds.

• Children should be asked to help with simple daily tasks. For example: Asking a 3-year-old child to collect the toys he distributed, asking a 7-year-old child for help in clearing the table, etc.

• Getting a kindness book and keeping a diary

• Saying hello to acquaintances you see on the road and asking how you are, calling your sick friend

Acquiring a hobby is important in gaining emotional intelligence skills as it carries both play and work elements.

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Hobbies should not last less than six months. Hobby; It is important in increasing effort and effort.

 

To raise realistically thinking children;

• Being honest and It is important to create an effective model in conversations.

• Educational stories should be used. Educational stories make problem solving realistic.

• Children should be helped to make comments about the story, ask questions, interpret pictures and reason.

For the development of children's social skills;

• Activities should be organized for children who are interested in similar subjects, and when they start to enjoy the friendship that will arise from this activity, the value of friendship should be emphasized

• Children who have problems with their friends should not be given advice. They should be told to be patient and be allowed to make their own decisions.

• Expect children to be happy with little things. Make them feel the values ​​they have and teach them that they need to be happy with them. (For this, a list of the things the child has can be created.)

• Tell your child about one of his/her favorite qualities from time to time.

• Show that you value the effort he puts into a job he does.

• Express your happiness for having a child like him

Establishing healthy communication with your children for k;

• Play games with him

• Watch movies together

• Ask for a story to be illustrated

• Examine the picture album together and comment together

• Chat in bed before going to sleep

• Share daily beauties with each other

• After stating that everyone shares a duty and responsibility at home and that the child also needs to do a job, give him a job and make him do it. Show that things get done faster through collaboration. (clearing the dining table together)

Children are good observers. Many want to make their parents happy. If you clearly state your expectations and act consistently to reinforce these new rules and set an example, your child will look for opportunities to demonstrate new behaviors.

 

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