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The education of children… A vast subject which varies according to each person’s principles. What are the essential concepts to pass on to your children? Here are two that tend to be forgotten, but which are nevertheless important in teaching them to be happy.
All parents will tell you: raising children is far from being an easy thing. Politeness, good behavior, working at school… So many important points that must be taught to a child.
But if there is one thing that we will not necessarily teach him, it is how to be happy. However, instilling these two notions in him can help him achieve this goal. So how to go about it?
According to Eva Moskowitz, state counselor in the United States and founder of an educational academy, whose comments are reported in Psychologies, two fundamental notions must be taught to children, to ensure that they are not unhappy adults. later.
Two essential concepts to pass on to your children
- The first concerns the fact of consuming, which does not actually bring happiness.
According to Eva Moskowitz, “people, young and old, are happiest when their lives include useful and productive activity“. So rather than buying everything your child wants, teach him to enjoy simple things: a bike ride, reading a book or a good game of cards! This will detach him from the fleeting pleasure of owning a object, and of today’s consumer society, in general, once an adult.
- The second essential notion, again according to the specialist, goes in the same direction: it is a question of favoring experiences rather than possessing things.
Eva Moskowitz specifies that “theChildren need to understand that while money can give them the opportunity to be happy, it is not necessary to be happy. Happiness cannot be consumed, it is lived and savored every day“.
To do this, you can show your children that having a good time with family or friends costs nothing and allows you to acquire memories, the greatest wealth of all.
Slide: 10 tips for cultivating family happiness