4.2 OPEN THE RIGHT DOOR

Open all the doors by answering each of the questions. On each screen, there is a question and several doors with an answer about promoting respect and non-violence. Only one of those doors leads to the correct answer. To reach the end, you have to open the five doors.

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Self-respect and respect for others are essential for understanding and protecting our rights and those of other people, as well as building respectful relationships and an environment of peace and harmony. Do you think self-respect is teachable?

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Yes, both self-respect and respect for others are teachable attitudes, whether in the family, at school or in other areas close to the child. Furthermore, it is a quality that evolves throughout childhood development.

No, it is an innate quality that some people possess because they are more self-confident or have a greater capacity for introspection. It is also something that can only be evaluated in adulthood since children and teenagers are too immature to develop it.

Assertiveness is essential to achieving a relationship of respect for oneself and others. Should assertiveness be encouraged in children and teenagers?

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No, because it is a quality closely related to leadership capacity in adulthood; if encouraged very early, children can become cheeky and learn to always get their way.

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Yes, because assertiveness is the ability to express what we think and feel at any time, being calm and composed, but firm, without needing to impose anything on anyone and respecting others.

Knowing how to say no, setting limits, is an important part of assertiveness and it also helps children and teenagers to protect themselves against abuse, humiliation and other mistreatment. How would you approach this educationally?

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Children and teenagers must always follow the instructions of adults and other older children, trust them and not contradict them because, even if they don’t like some things, the hierarchy must be respected.

Children and teenagers need to know that they can reject other people's requests that clearly harm them without feeling ashamed or being afraid of "what they will think", or giving in to look good. Furthermore, they can be firm in their refusal, but expressing it calmly, without needing to get angry.

Children and teenagers should feel free to strongly and categorically reject any request that they do not like; no one should tell them what to do, how or when. Self-respect requires imposing one's own opinion over that of others.

Active listening is a skill that consists of conversing with full awareness with the other person, paying attention to what they say, without interrupting, without judging... letting them see that we care about what they are saying. How can we motivate children and adolescents to practice it?

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If active listening is not practised from early childhood, it is difficult to achieve in later stages. The use of mobile phones and other devices hinders this practice when reaching adolescence.

It is very difficult for children to practice active listening, their minds are not prepared for it. It is better to wait until adolescence, when they begin to mature in that sense.

It is important to help them learn to listen from early childhood, controlling their impulsivity and promoting empathy. Actively listening when they tell us things is also important, so they can learn by example.

The traffic light system for emotions serves to educationally work on the management of emotions such as anger, rage, fear etc. For what type of students do you think it can be useful?

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For students of all levels and ages, including adults, and in different educational contexts (formal, non-formal and informal).

It is a metaphor that works very well with young children, but is difficult to apply with those over ten or eleven years old. Teenagers usually consider it very childish and rarely apply it.

It can’t be used until adolescence because younger children do not understand traffic rules and can’t make the adequate transfer of learning. For this same reason, it is especially effective in people who are already of driving age.

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