Advantages for children to express their emotions through writing

For young children it is difficult to recognize their emotions. Teaching them to listen, to speak, to embrace is fundamental so that they know how to express their feelings and, for that, children must be listened to and embraced. Being sad or happy, feeling angry, afraid, embarrassed, frustrated, e

For young children it is difficult to recognize their emotions. Teaching them to listen, to speak, to embrace is fundamental so that they know how to express their feelings and, for that, children must be listened to and embraced.

Being sad or happy, feeling angry, afraid, embarrassed, frustrated, etc., are feelings that we all have had at some point and, if we adults express them naturally in front of the children, they will learn by example and know express yours before us. On the contrary, if adults hide our feelings, children will suppress theirs and, it will be easy to have children with stress, low self-esteem and anxiety. In Guiainfantil.com we tell you what are the advantages for children of expressing their emotions through writing. How children can express their emotions through writing

Our children are happy when they discover that they are able to write their name, that of their parents, their pet, their ideas or describe their feelings through words and, encourage to children to practice writing can be very beneficial for them.

When they are little they learn to recognize their feelings through the characters of the stories, poetry, theater, movies, etc. We can ask them how they think this or the other character feels, if he is sad or happy, if he has fear, if you are in love, etc., and

ask them to describe it or write it in a notebook doing reading comprehension exercises. When a child writes what happens to him, he is learning to be more mature

, he clarifies his ideas and is more aware of his mood. Writing will help you release your emotions and, little by little, you will learn to name them. When you identify your feelings you will learn to have empathy, to cooperate and to be supportive of others. If our child tells us "I am sad because Juan is going to live in another city", it is a good sign of his progress andtalking about it and writing it in his diary por, for example, will help him to feel less sad and, therefore, , to feel understood, much more relieved and to have less stress. A child who knows how to describe their feelingswill be a more self-confident child,

will have higher self-esteem and, over time, will become an adult who knows how to channel their emotions and, therefore, will be more mentally balanced and will surely have better physical health. Describe our emotions through writing, whether it is to make it public or for oneself, unquestionably, it is a therapeutic tool for children and adults

because, in this way, we express our fears, worries, dreams and illusions and it's a way to get free. To finish I leave you a phrase by Francisco Umbral (1932-2007) "Writing is the deepest way to read life"