I will start with a little story for you.
About two years ago, a six-year-old girl from school hurt her leg and needed hospital care.
I went with the mother and the child to the hospital after the fall and later, due to medical guidance, the girl needed an orthopedic boot for recovery.
While her mother was talking to the store professional, I stayed with her in the car and I told her the following story about when I was a girl.
"When I was 6 years old, I went to support myself with the chair with only one foot and I fell to the ground". Everyone laughs, "I hurt myself a little, but what I remember is that I felt very embarrassed." I even cried a little but very short so that nobody would listen to me. "
After listening to my story, Julia thought, she looked me in the eyes and said:
"What things teacher, in my school when someone is hurt, everyone helps!"
After a tear exhausted with emotion, I kept thinking about her words and what made her so emphatic when she said: "in my school".
Why do you think your school is so different from mine?
And what will be the memory that little Julia will have of that school in relation to the memory I have of the school I studied?
_The answer is one: the feeling of belonging!
This is a fundamental feeling for us, human and social beings.
In the world of adults we have the awareness of "being a part". I am part of a family, a space in which I work, a church, a cultural center, a society, a country or any other space.
When participating, I get involved, I dedicate myself, I help, I care, I do it. All this makes me feel responsible, important, involved, belonging ...
The same happens in the world of children.
The child needs to feel belonging to the space in which he acts.
__When feeling like a child, the child feels safe, involved, identified and responsible with his / her eco-friendly environment. Normally, school is the first place where this feeling will arise after the family. "My school", "my friends", "my teacher", "my room" ... These are expressions that demonstrate that belonging.
And it is in this space that many times the child will perceive different feelings, such as security (or insecurity), autonomy, citizenship, participation. Taking part allows developing different points in the formation of the character of that child who belongs to a small society called "school".
Keep in mind that your actions suffer reactions according to the rules of the place, help to plant a flower, collect the garbage that is in the garden, give food to the fish, collect the toys, respect the combination, wear the uniform, are actions that, little by little, strengthen the personality of a small being and help develop that important feeling that makes such responsibility possible.
Many times adults do not stop to think about these issues.
I have heard some comments that the child goes to school only to play or study, but behind it there are many other experiences that help that child in the development of his personality. That's why it's so important to stop and think about the space your child frequents. The child's school is often compared to the adult's work.
We have rules, obligations, conquests, defeats, but we are part!