The recently released movie "The Great Game of Thomas the Great Movie" may have been seen by many parents with their children. The film focuses on the theme of the story to "be yourself", through the twists and turns of the storyline, telling children that learning from others will hit a wall, only by understanding themselves, tapping their own potential, and cherishing valuable friendships can they show themselves and succeed.
When children see this cartoon, they may feel very exciting and excited, and the inspiration and educational significance of the film should not be underestimated. As a small editor of psychology, today is naturally not to discuss the plot, but to take this as an opportunity to take parents to think about a problem: how to teach children to know themselves, surpass themselves, and be the best of themselves?
<h1>First, how to deal with children's fantastic ideas? </h1>
In the film, the cute little locomotive Thomas is an honest and enterprising train. He heard that a great train race was about to be held, so he dreamed of upgrading himself to a streamlined shape to improve his speed, and after his dream was shattered, he wanted to decorate himself as beautiful and moving as the Indian locomotive Aisia in order to win the championship in the competition. Our children have a richer imagination than Thomas, and there may be some ideas that seem unrealistic to adults. At this point, are you hastily stifling their imagination, or are you encouraging guidance?
Obviously, the fat manager in the film sets a very bad example for parents. Although from the innate conditions, Thomas is not tall and powerful enough, and his speed is not fast enough, he is not suitable for upgrading to a streamlined type to participate in the speed race, nor is he suitable for overly decorative participation in the decorative race. But on the one hand, the fat manager plagiarized Thomas's ideas, on the other hand, he did not patiently persuade Thomas, not only affirmed his good ideas, but also helped him know himself, understand his strengths and weaknesses, in order to better position himself and successfully show himself in the game.
Children's imagination breeds creativity. When smart parents encounter this situation, they should affirm the child's imagination at the first time, even if sometimes it is very outrageous and bizarre, they cannot be rudely denied, they should listen patiently, and patiently persuade on the basis of not harming the child's creativity and enthusiasm, clarify the reason, guide and help the child to correct their thinking and imagination in the right direction.
<h1>Second, how to teach children to be the best version of themselves? </h1>
In the plot, Thomas goes through a long process from learning from others to knowing himself. Our children may also be like Thomas, seeing other locomotives galloping, but also yearning for speed and streamlined elegance; seeing the gorgeous appearance of others, they also blindly imitate, but do not know how to explore their own potential and advantages.
In fact, this problem includes two aspects, one is how to let children recognize their own shortcomings. The second is how to let children discover their own potential.
First of all, let the child recognize his own shortcomings, and cannot let the child have an inferiority complex. It is necessary to clearly explain the truth that "no one has enough gold, no one is perfect," and "the ruler is short, and the inch is long," so that they can calmly understand their own shortcomings and improve them in a timely manner.
Secondly, parents themselves must have a pair of eyes that are good at discovery, discover the children's strengths in time, and give praise and reminders in time to let them further explore.
<h1>How to teach children to surpass themselves? </h1>
In the film, Thomas is an upright steam train, not tall, not fast, in reason, belonging to congenital deficiencies.
But our children are different, some of them may have poor logical thinking ability, some have poor image thinking ability; some may be active, the movement cells are a little more developed, some may be quiet, and the thinking ability is stronger. However, if we blindly promote our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, it will inevitably be detrimental to the all-round development of children, nor will it conform to the original intention of quality education.
Therefore, jumping out of the film, we should still teach children to have the courage to surpass themselves. It is necessary to guide them not to avoid what they are not good at, to have the courage to accept the challenge, and at the same time to try to find opportunities for children to exercise and improve in an all-round way.
That is to say, if Thomas is your child, even if you know that he will not win the speed race, you should still tell him that as long as you work hard, everything is possible, and encourage them to be brave and try, and dare to chase their dreams.