By observing children’s behavior, you can learn to deal with your own negative emotions.
This conclusion was made by psychologists, the authors of a training program for large families1. As part of this program, they taught children – brothers and sisters from 4 to 8 years old – to better understand their emotions, put themselves in the place of another, resolve disputes or quarrels. It turned out that parents, looking at how children successfully resolve conflict situations, involuntarily adopted their experience. They learned to better control their emotions and understand the motives that drive other people.
1 Journal of Family Psychology, 2015, vol. 29.