We should allow children to identify their needs and express them in a kind way, while considering others as friends. We must allow them to express anger and share their doubts and fears. We must be understanding whilst we listen to them releasing these emotions so that they know that they will be supported. We ought give them the responsibility to be themselves while conforming to the norm. They need to trust in themselves, in others and in their relationship with the world. A child who learns
to be himself also learns that he is not in competition with others but at the same time complementary to others. Then a door opens where everyone can cooperate. As elders, we can step back, observe and accept them as a mentors to ourselves. What better mentor than a child to bring us innocence and a carefree look at life? How do you accompany a child to be themselves? By allowing them to observe and mimic us learning to be ourselves, to welcome joys and sorrows, successes and “failures”. Finally, to look at life like a game.
Author: Marion Llopis (from Ô Phil du Coeur et de l’Êtreium) accompanies people between the age of 4 and 99 individually and collectively to explore who they are, to reveal and refine their potential by addressing several aspects of their being.
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ENFANTS D’AZUR MAGAZINE
November/ December 2020