“If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.
Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?”
Gandhi
Peace is not only the absence of violence or of conflicts. Peace can take many different forms: peace with oneself and peace of mind at an individual level, harmonious and balanced relationships within a family. Peace also emanates from equal opportunities with a role for each one of us in a society: social injustice is one of the main reason for social unrest and violence.
The educational role of parents, especially that of the mother, is crucial. It is indeed within the family that a child’s emotional balance is built, and that the values on which an individual is constructed are transmitted. It is also within the family that a child makes his first experiences of what safety or distress is, discover the challenges of community life, and learns the peaceful or violent resolution of conflicts.
Early childhood development has namely an important potential for peace promotion. Apart from physical health, recent research studies show that safety, social support and emotional ties within a family are also essential for the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of a child, beginning already during pregancy.
Enabling a child to grow up in a healthy, violence-free family, and thus enabling them to reach its full potential and to find their role in society, is the foundation of lasting peace.
Finally, no one is safe from being confronted, in one way or another, to violent extremism in his or her closest environment, in particular within one’s own family. Most of the time, mothers are the pillar of the family and are generally very present. They can learn to identify early signs of unhappiness or malaise of their child, those signs being usually similar regardless of their cause (harassment, radicalization, drugs, sexual abuse etc.).
Various studies have proved that children learn more from observing and experiencing the world than by taught words. Responsible parents provide the right examples and behavior to their children to learn from. Instead of saying ‘be polite’, they demonstrate politeness by being polite in their everyday life.
One of the biggest responsibilities of parents is to instill confidence in their children and this can be achieved by being more encouraging and motivating of the children’s strengths and good qualities. Constant criticism can rip the children off their self esteem and demoralizes them. It can take them into withdrawal mode and secretiveness, while regular appreciation helps in building strong, confident and positive children. Responsible parents reward good behavior.
Reports have suggested that when it comes to spending time with kids, quality trumps quantity. We all would prefer an hour of peaceful, undistracted, quality time with our loved ones over four hours full of distractions, divided attention and undue arguments. They spend quality time with their kids that helps in developing a deeper bond of love and understanding between the parents and their children and create their own rituals like the ritual of two minutes of mum-ditation.
Responsible parents behave responsibly in front of their children. As responsible individuals, they care for mother nature, be kind to others, practice honesty and are authentic.
Encouraging dialogues with the kids have twofold benefits: it makes them feel that they are important to have their opinions heard and it helps them in developing the art of self expression. Lot of issues can be solved with open communication and having a healthy, logical dialogue. Responsible parents listen actively to their kids and set it as the stepping stone to a relevant and useful discussion.
They do not follow helicopter parenting and nor are they completely lousy parents. They are right there — raising better kids by giving them the a happy home to live in. They create good memories for their children that often last a lifetime.
As responsible individuals and citizens, being responsible parents is also one of our foremost duties. In times when parenting has generated so much of speculation, one wonders what responsible parenting looks like.
As parents, we wish for our children to grow up ready to tackle and enjoy life to the fullest.
We want them to grow in confidence, to stand tall in their unique self, with their dignity and self-esteem intact, balanced with empathy and care for others.
The educational role of parents, especially that of the mother, is crucial. It is indeed within the family that a child’s emotional balance is built, and that the values on which an individual is constructed are transmitted. It is also within the family that a child makes his first experiences of what safety or distress is, discover the challenges of community life, and learns the peaceful or violent resolution of conflicts.
Early childhood development has namely an important potential for peace promotion. Apart from physical health, recent research studies show that safety, social support and emotional ties within a family are also essential for the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of a child, beginning already during pregancy.
Enabling a child to grow up in a healthy, violence-free family, and thus enabling them to reach its full potential and to find their role in society, is the foundation of lasting peace.
Finally, no one is safe from being confronted, in one way or another, to violent extremism in his or her closest environment, in particular within one’s own family. Most of the time, mothers are the pillar of the family and are generally very present. They can learn to identify early signs of unhappiness or malaise of their child, those signs being usually similar regardless of their cause (harassment, radicalization, drugs, sexual abuse etc.).
Various studies have proved that children learn more from observing and experiencing the world than by taught words. Responsible parents provide the right examples and behavior to their children to learn from. Instead of saying ‘be polite’, they demonstrate politeness by being polite in their everyday life.
One of the biggest responsibilities of parents is to instill confidence in their children and this can be achieved by being more encouraging and motivating of the children’s strengths and good qualities. Constant criticism can rip the children off their self esteem and demoralizes them. It can take them into withdrawal mode and secretiveness, while regular appreciation helps in building strong, confident and positive children. Responsible parents reward good behavior.
Reports have suggested that when it comes to spending time with kids, quality trumps quantity. We all would prefer an hour of peaceful, undistracted, quality time with our loved ones over four hours full of distractions, divided attention and undue arguments. They spend quality time with their kids that helps in developing a deeper bond of love and understanding between the parents and their children and create their own rituals like the ritual of two minutes of mum-ditation.
Responsible parents behave responsibly in front of their children. As responsible individuals, they care for mother nature, be kind to others, practice honesty and are authentic.
Encouraging dialogues with the kids have twofold benefits: it makes them feel that they are important to have their opinions heard and it helps them in developing the art of self expression. Lot of issues can be solved with open communication and having a healthy, logical dialogue. Responsible parents listen actively to their kids and set it as the stepping stone to a relevant and useful discussion.
They do not follow helicopter parenting and nor are they completely lousy parents. They are right there — raising better kids by giving them the a happy home to live in. They create good memories for their children that often last a lifetime.
As responsible individuals and citizens, being responsible parents is also one of our foremost duties. In times when parenting has generated so much of speculation, one wonders what responsible parenting looks like.
As parents, we wish for our children to grow up ready to tackle and enjoy life to the fullest.
We want them to grow in confidence, to stand tall in their unique self, with their dignity and self-esteem intact, balanced with empathy and care for others.
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