What is that book that marked your life? Your favorite book may be the first one you remember, it may be the one that made you mature. Sometimes we become fond of the characters, others with the stories, the contexts, the ideas they convey to us. Each book influences us in some way, our way of being and our thinking. All of them make us see life from another perspective, they help us to grow and that is beautiful.
The reality is that this makes us all have a favorite book that we not only read once, we always have to repeat reading. This book contributes to our personal development, which will affect our children and they will also have a favorite book, with which to develop in the same way.
Books and emotions
Normally when we have a favorite book it is because it transmits us, in addition to certain knowledge, a series of emotions that contribute to our personal development. Each book will be special in its own way for us, according to the emotions it arouses in us.
It may be that these emotions come from the book. However, it is also possible that these come from the link that binds us to whoever gave it to us, or who used to read it for us when we still couldn't for ourselves.
The point is that our favorite book is that special book, which has transmitted something to us that has helped us to grow somehow. Those emotions that we have received in relation to that book or the circumstances that have surrounded it, are the true causes of the personal growth that that book gives us. It is the magic of literature, transmitting emotions, ideas expressed in such a way that they become much more than ideas related by sets of printed words.
What is emotional growth or development?
Emotional growth consists of learning to manage emotions. Just as each year we add one more number to our age, each experience adds richness to our being.
However, despite its importance, it has never been valued within education. It is now that we really care about the emotional growth of our children. We have found that it is easier to raise emotionally healthy children than it is to repair broken adults.
It is better to learn to manage emotions from children
It is important that for the correct emotional development of your children, you also worry about yours, since they will not learn well if they do not start from a good example.
Reading as a tool for emotional growth
Reading will always be a tool for growth, since it contributes to the cognitive development of the individual and that is also part of growth. However, are those special books, for one reason or other, lthose that contribute to the emotional growth of the individual.
A favorite book, or well valued, will always have more weight for us than any other book, that will contribute to the development of our criteria. A criterion that will be marked by the emotions that the book transmits to us, these are the ones that will drive us to the attraction or rejection of the book itself, the story or the characters.
In the storybooks, you choose whether to be a princess, or the flying witch
It is through reading that we can live in a world in which we feel the way we want to feel. We can imagine through that favorite book, that we are the main character. We can also choose to grow in another way, managing unpleasant emotions that a novel produces in which we see ourselves reflected. Another idea is to learn about the ideas that the book contains, identifying with them, assuming them and correcting our own mistakes, based on the content of the book.
There are many ways that reading has to serve as a tool for our growth. Literature is the magic of creating emotions from sets of words. Living beings, cities, a whole world parallel to reality, which may or may not resemble, are created. It is a powerful tool, which can bring a lot of wealth to your family's life. It is vitally important that you encourage reading habit in the lives of your children.