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When i am at home...still works?

  • Writer: Serena Granzini
    Serena Granzini
  • Sep 22, 2024
  • 1 min read




As a teacher I often come up against consolidated punitive/reward realities. From the outside it is very easy to analyze which elements in the pedagogical aspect could be modified in favor of enhancing relationships and aimed at making the personality of our little students flourish, but when we return home... is it just as easy? I am a mother of a three year old girl and everything I have learned and try to implement in the workplace sometimes seems to evaporate. We are in the phase of managing and verbalizing emotions and I find myself wondering if it's more for her or me. All those formulas that appear so effective for emotional regulation are sometimes so formal and standardized that I practice them with little conviction. She watches me disinterested and sometimes annoyed. A few days ago I 'sinned': all my desire to be restorative and to apply non-violent communication PUF... evaporated. When the situation seemed tense my little 'peace officer' reminded me that everyone can apply 'the manual' to real life, to their own relationships. If empathy and the desire to trust have been created, even the worst situations can turn out to be moments of connection. 'Mom, calm down. breathe and you'll see that you'll be fine. breathe like me

 
 
 

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