What Children Need to Be Happy, Confident and Successful by Hooper Jeni

What Children Need to Be Happy, Confident and Successful by Hooper Jeni

Author:Hooper, Jeni [Jeni Hooper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857004833
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2013-08-15T16:00:00+00:00


The four pillars of positive emotions

Positive emotions help us to grow and make constructive changes in our lives. Barbara Fredrickson’s concept of ‘broaden and build’ expands our horizons and creates the zest and energy to take on time-consuming and long-term plans. Positive emotions work even better when they offer high-quality relationships with others.

Optimism, hope, gratitude and forgiveness are not strictly emotions; Martin Seligman describes them as character strengths, but they are useful to mention here as they play a complementary role in building emotional wellbeing.

Children who tend to be very focused on the present can find it difficult to see beyond what is happening right now. The four pillars of positive emotions (Figure 2) show children how to lift their head high and look to the far horizon.



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