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Don't yell at kids, neuroscience tells us how to educate them in the 21st century

2023-07-13 09:01:34Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Don't yell at kids, neuroscience tells us how to educate them in the 21st
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When you were a child, you probably experienced emotional abuse from your parents. When you became a parent, you may have applied it even unconsciously. French pediatrician Catherine Gueguen recently explained how to properly raise our children in the 21st century, pointing out that punishments, yelling and threats negatively affect the brain of children, causing permanent changes in the long term. over time can create problems such as depression and anxiety.

It is known that parents who grew up in overly strict environments, or who themselves were victims of abuse, end up reproducing the same patterns. The pediatrician cites data from a UNICEF survey, according to which four out of five children grow up with an upbringing that is either verbally or physically violent. An impressive 80% of them receive some form of physical punishment.

Gueguen also refers to the results of a recent survey conducted in France in October 2022, in which 79% of a sample of 1,314 families admitted to having used psychological violence in the education of their children. Through "negative training," the brain's amygdala (a group of neurons associated with the brain's most instinctive functions) becomes more reactive to negative emotions, and thus the area that manages emotions, the prefrontal lobe, becomes less able to manage anxiety and stress. .

These minors end up more apathetic, have difficulty finding motivation and excitement, and are at greater risk of drug addiction.

When a child is punished, the lower areas of the brain, those related to survival, are activated. Large doses of adrenaline and cortisol are released, which block thought, in other words punishment drives children to revenge, as the part of their brain that deals with instincts and emotions is over-activated. They cannot think rationally about what happened, but completely obey their most instinctive and emotional part. This is why love, respect, patience and kindness are so necessary.

Gueguen says: “There is an impression that violence against children is not that common, but it is. As a pediatrician, I have heard many parents admit that when they lose their temper, they punish, threaten or even hit their children."

Emotions and feelings play a key role in our rational thinking

Emotions in general are the ones that play the biggest role as children grow and develop, and analyzing what a parent must have in order to properly educate their child, experts conclude that they must first of all be empathetic and contact first of all his feelings. Accept everything and express it


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