It is a real pleasure for me to present this short article on the education of Gustavo Martín Garzo that surprisingly appeared yesterday in the newspaper El País in the central pages of opinion, a sacred place reserved for war, politics and serious matters of life .
But even though its title is "The education of children" it is not about serious curricula nor about norms, limits, methods to obey, etc. but talk about the parenting with love, With respect and empathy.
And I consider this as evidence that times are changing and white pedagogy (letting children be children) is winning the battle for black pedagogy: training, lack of mercy in the face of their suffering and maturing needs.
And for more joy, the author defends the “consenting parents"In front of the" military "or the" indifferent "understanding consent to pamper, be forgiving, but also, grant, oblige.
I leave you with several phrases from the article about the benefits of education with love that have totally compensated me for the crying and bad taste in the mouth of the cruel and inhuman video of the American Supernanny:
"A happy child is not only more cheerful and calm, but is more susceptible to being educated, because happiness makes him believe that the world is not a bleak place, made only for his evil, but a place where he deserves the sad to be, strange as it may seem many times. And I don't think there is a better way to educate a child than to make him feel loved. love is basically trying to put yourself in his place." "And the ability to treat children can only come from having visited the place where they usually live. That place does not resemble ours, and that is why so many adults are wrong to ask little things that are not in a position to We would ask a bird to stop flying, a monkey that did not climb trees, a bee that did not go in search of flowers? No, we would not ask, because it is not in his nature to obey us. And children are crazy, as are everyone who lives at the beginning of something. " "Educating is different from training. To educate is to give life, to understand that the god of the saint hides in reality, especially in children. " "I think that parents who really love their children, who are happy that they were born, and who enjoy their company, have almost everything done. They just have to be a little cautious, and fight the excesses of their love. It is not difficult, because the effects of these excesses are much less severe than those of indifference or contempt. The beloved child will always have more resources to face the problems of life than he who has never been. " "If you want your child to be good, make him happy, if you want him to be better, make him happier. We make them happy so that they are good and that then their goodness increases their happiness. "
Thank you very much Mr. Martín Garzo for this article. Hopefully tender parents and pedagogues with an iron heart!
