Lesson 26º

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sense of belonging

The feeling of being accepted by others and most importantly by your family. If a child feels like he is accepted and loved at home, he will find it a lot easier to socialize and integrate into other groups.

Parents hold the key to their child’s ability to relate to others. Creating a family atmosphere where people share, participate, play and work together reinforces the sense of the family as a group. Children are made aware that participating means sharing the good and the less good and that this is the base in order to be accepted in any context.

A good instrument of cohesion and support can be to name one member of the family to be the centre of attention for one day. This consists of everyone talking to this person in a flattering way and the leader choosing what they are going to eat that day, what games they are going to play together, what they are going to talk about, etc.

In this type of atmosphere, children learn how to be active, how to share, support, contemplate their desires with the interest of the group and go along with the rules and regulations of the group.