But this time it's a book that is part of the happiness to teach values to our children.
Written by Victoria Camps, philosopher and essay 2012 Spain national prize winning Professor, who is also a mother, proposes the reflection and self-criticism as the magic formula for the happiness of the children, according to the Spanish newspaper ABC.
"The only thing I want is that my son is happy": that was the premise from which the philosopher came to write the book titled what to teach children; It is not a manual to solve problems, but an essay on the teaching of ethics, where needs of society not to fall into the inconsistency of values, the author said.
From there, the journal extract some important points in the book.
1. Happiness - do not get to get everything that we want, because that is not always possible, so be prepared to overcome and deal with situations that we might see negative. He is achieved with the help of others. Care in developing media in the end (which would be the pursuit of happiness), because there are momentary pleasures that when they go out of control are counterproductive. Happiness should not be confused with immediate satisfaction, because the consumer without boundaries contributes to confuse it; so not "we solve a whim with a gift".
2. Good humor - is not the same as happiness, is only a manifestation of it helping to adapt more efficiently to changes, as it is a sign of intelligence, which is learned.
3. Character - shaped inculcating habits based on repetition and routine, even when the infant is not agreed, because the idea is that you like what you should like him; It is a way to adapt it to the customs under which we are governed.
4. Liability-"the moral is not a matter of reason, but of feelings. The child will not learn to behave correctly if you do not feel, at the same time who knows, things are better than others".
5. Pain - should be teach to face it, accept it when it is inevitable and to reject it when it is superfluous and useless.
6 Self-esteem - task of parents: accept their children, not to idealize them or projected on them. The idea and get the better of the child, but still he who recognizes himself. This will be easier if the parents do not build a false image of him, and yes a pro that it is based on encouraging him to have confidence.
7. Good feelings - they are also educated and are governed; so practice because they do not appear alone and remember "you do what you don't want to do," said Confucio.
8. Good taste - like feelings, taste is educated and learned. Beyond the taste for culture is to daily tasks and the "poise", which teach children to behave according to the place where they are, from the base that not everything goes anywhere or for any situation. This is taught by example.
9. Generosity - teaching a child to be generous is "teach him to live not so attached to him, teach him to give, and not only to receive. Generosity is also the antidote to selfishness meaning adherence exaggerated self and their belongings or interests. It means putting what one has at the same time to the service of the one that has less or many things are missing that.
10 Kindness - the best way to explain why must be nice even if it means not being authentic is: "the obsession with authenticity is as absurd as the obsession for nature. Kindness is not, therefore, a loss of authenticity, but a social requirement.
