Children need guidance from teachers and parents in understanding and then managing their feelings. Remember, children are children and do not understand their emotions at such an early age.
Patience from the teacher's standpoint must create an environment of compassion and respect. When you're patient with children, it's just as though you are saying, "I respect how you feel
because I respect you. I want you to be happy and independent because I love you and want the best for you. I want to help you find your own happiness, so I'm going to slow down and take
time to clamly assist you.
When you remind yourself that at the end of the day, all of the important things will still be accomplished (showing love being the most important of all), then you can stop rushing, complaining,
and start enjoying the ride during the ups and downs of life with the children you teach.
I wonder what happens when we lose our patience? Then how do we find patence? Till next time!
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Anxiety is defined as “apprehension without apparent cause.” Webster’s Dictionary defines it as “distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune.” It usually happens when there is no immediate threat to a person’s safety or well being, but the threat feels real. Anxiety makes a person want to escape the situation – fast. The heart beats quickly, the body might begin to perspire, and “butterflies” in the stomach soon follow. However, a little bit of anxiety can actually help people stay alert and focused.
Having fears or anxieties about certain things can also be helpful because it makes kids behave in a safe way. For example: a child with a fear of fire would avoid playing with matches.
The nature of anxieties and fears change as children grow and develop:
· Babies experience stranger anxiety, clinging to parents when confronted by people they don’t recognize.
· Toddlers around 10 to 18 months experience separation anxiety, becoming emotionally distressed when one or both parents leave.
· Children ages 4 through 6 have anxiety about things that are not based in reality such as fears of monsters and ghosts.
· Children ages 7 through 12 often have fears that reflect real circulstances that may happen to them, such as bodily injury and natural disaster.
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