Being born with a high IQ is not synonymous with success, in fact, those who have a high emotional quotient (EC) are more likely to succeed because they know that being well means giving happiness.
E l first year not only involves life care for your baby and satisfying their needs, it is essential to stimulate the development of emotional intelligence (EI), an aspect of intelligence that until recently was not taken into account .
STRATEGIES TO STIMULATE EI
We give you the secrets to put into practice the development of emotional intelligence. Take note!
one . Recognition and differentiation of basic emotions. “In order for the baby to become familiar with the emotions, the first thing you should do is give them a name, label them: ‘You are happy because you already ate’, ‘you feel angry because your doll was taken from you’, ‘you cry because you are hungry’, like this In a simple way, you teach him to recognize and identify his emotional states.
Another method is to draw faces of people who express joy, sadness, anger, and when your offspring shows any of those emotions, take it in front of the corresponding face and say: ‘Look, you are happy like this doll’.
2. Relate gestures with feelings. It is important that the child learns to identify emotions in other people, in this way he will develop empathy. Make gestures of surprise, sadness, anger, joy, fear …, stand in front of a mirror so that he can observe how the eyes, mouth, eyebrows and forehead change.
3. Create a positive image of yourself. It is vital that your child has a positive self-image from birth. Exchange bodily messages of love with him. A hug, a kiss, a caress, a lullaby, a word of encouragement are the beginning of a warm and real communication. The same thing happens when you show that you love and accept it as it is, unconditionally.
4. Guide it. Once your child grows a little older and knows how to recognize his emotions, give him basic rules for dealing with them. A good rule of thumb is: “When you externalize your anger, you cannot harm yourself, others, or things.” Explain what you can do. For example: running, punching a pillow, creasing a newspaper, etc. Doing this is not bad, on the contrary, expressing how angry you feel is healthy, as long as you express yourself in an acceptable way.