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Developing Personal and Social Competence. Christian education enables us to be Found. HOW do we help our children grow emotionally?. Sam. Peace. MY DEFINING SPACE. Lex. Pete. Each of them faces a challenge. Sam’s challenge is to trust herself and others.
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HOW do we help our children grow emotionally? Sam Peace • MY • DEFINING • SPACE Lex Pete (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
Each of them faces a challenge.... Sam’s challenge is to trust herself and others. She can only do this if she understands that her SPACE is valid. Her risk is TRUSTING other people. Sam (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
This affects the FOOTPRINT Sam leaves on others and others leave on Sam Sam (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
Each of them faces a challenge.... Peace’s challenge is to trust herself. She can only do this if he understands that her SPACE is valid. Her risk is TRUSTING her own opinions. Peace (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
This affects the FOOTPRINT Peace leaves on others and others leave on Peace Peace (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
Each of them faces a challenge.... Lex’s challenge is to trust other people. He can only do this if he relinquishes control. His risk is discovering that he is VALID regardless of what he achieves. • MY • DEFINING • SPACE Lex (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
This affects the FOOTPRINT Lex leaves on others and others leave on Lex • MY • DEFINING • SPACE Lex (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
Each of them faces a challenge.... Pete’s challenge is to trust himself (and others) a little less. He can only do this if he realises that he cannot cope with everything. His risk is to LEARN this... Probably the hard way. Pete (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
This affects the FOOTPRINT Pete leaves on others and others leave on Pete Pete (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
So the children’s SOCIAL competence (their FOOTPRINT) is informed by their EMOTIONAL competence (their SPACE)
And their EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE (their SPACE) is formed by their experience of careAnd TRANSFORMED by their experience of GOD’s LOVE
Each child needs to experience God’s love in a different way. There is no single way. Sam Peace • MY • DEFINING • SPACE Lex Pete (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
How do we enable our Sams, Peaces, Lexs and Petes to experience God’s love? Sam Peace • MY • DEFINING • SPACE Lex Pete (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
...Needs to be trusted and discover that other’s can be too... Practical examples... Sam (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
.... Needs to be accepted, not rejected, and learn to value herself appropriately. Peace (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
MY • DEFINING • SPACE .... Needs to learn to allow others to give to him, to fail and to receive love. Lex (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
.... Needs to learn to be realistic about himself, to accept struggle, challenge and difficulty with out being able to solve everything Pete (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
God’s love is Gods.... It comes through our HANDS Sam Peace • MY • DEFINING • SPACE Lex Pete (C) Human Ecology Ltd 2011
What have we learned? • Christian education is NOT at odds with social, emotional formation • We enable people to grow personally, emotionally and socially within God’s love • Each child needs to experience a different outworking of that love • The arenas for this will be the classrooms, playgrounds and sports pitches of our schools
