Children Remember How We Make Them Feel

10/24/2016

Children Remember How We Make Them Feel

We claim that in order to induce transformative change in human-nature relations we need a shift from a morality of utility to a morality of care.
Roldan Muradian, Economist, Brazil, and Gómez-Baggethun, Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sci

"It's not the letter 'A' or the letter 'B' or the letter 'C' that’s going to make a life-long difference to this child. They will learn to read. We will engage them in wonderful logic and thinking and higher level cognitive skills. We want to have rich language interactions and make this a real learning community. But what they’ll remember about us is not what we say, it's how we make the feel, not only about themselves but how they feel about their relationship with me."

Marie L. Masterson, an associate professor at Dominican University, shares in an interview from the Turn-Key Training: Addressing Challenging Behaviors, "We know that children who experience good feelings in their connection with an adult when they’re young will continue to seek those good feelings through school experiences and through experience with teachers for the rest of their lives. If their early experiences are not positive, they will quickly disengage from the entire learning process."

"The bottom line for all of us as early childhood educators is to keep the essential question: 'How do I engage the child in that reciprocal interaction that's respectful, that draws the child into my personal strengths and brings out the very best in each child?'"

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