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WATCH YOURSELF! : A Mental Health Curriculum for All Ages
We are living in one of the most difficult times. Children today deal with more issues than ever before. Basically children’s core values are questioned daily. They deal with negative influences of media. They deal with extremely busy parents. Parents who have many responsibilities. They deal with influences of drugs and alcohol. They deal with unattainable societal standards of beauty, clothing, and other trends.
Furthermore, research indicates that children are lacking emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the art of self-regulation. It is being aware of oneself and processing emotions regularly. No one is teaching children how to deal with life stressors and process emotions. We have a generation of children who do not how to express themselves. They are either inexpressive or emotionally over-reactive. Unfortunately children are only taught academic intelligence and mannerism by adults. No one is teaching them emotional intelligence which is an essential skill that will prepare individuals in all areas of life. For instance, look at the increasing amount of school shootings that occur now. Unfortunately, most of the shootings are done by students. We must teach children the art of processing our emotions before it get to such extreme negative states. It will save lives. We must understand children’s mental well-being is the cornerstone of having a strong society. How and what we teach children about self-awareness make all the difference in children’s life-long well being and societal growth. Teaching self-awareness is key to preventing and solving societal struggles we face daily. All schools, parents, and individuals must incorporate self-awareness into their lives.
Hence, I created the WATCH YOURSELF technique. For many years I have been teaching a unit on Character Study. My students learned how to collect information about characters. They learned we can analyze characters in a book by looking at what characters do, say, and how they respond to problems. I also taught them to focus on their own actions, character traits, and the actions of people in their lives.
Then I came to realize the significance these lessons have on life. The significance it has on understanding our own selves, other individuals, and situations. This knowledge increases our ability to decipher between negative and positive people in our lives, being aware of our own emotions, correct negative habits, and process emotions by watching ourselves. It particularly prompted a beautiful way to monitor ourselves on a daily basis. Mastering the technique of WATCHING YOURSELF helps prompt more positive actions in our lives, create life-long healthy habits, process negative emotions, helps develop good character, and deal with life’s challenges.
As you practice these techniques, you will be better able to stay away from negativity, negative people, express yourself, and correct or remove yourselves from negative environments. In the long run the WATCH YOURSELF technique will greatly help society as a whole. We can get that lonely little child, the bottled up teenager, the angry, confused young adult the help they need. So let’s learn how to monitor ourselves, see individuals for exactly who they are, process emotions, and develop life-long healthy habits.
The WATCH YOURSELF Mental Health Curriculum is a very simple technique that can be used with all ages, with your own children or yourself. The goal of this book is to create long life watchers, who watch themselves constantly and grow regularly. We need to connect with ourselves again and rebuild our society.
To conclude with the high rates of suicide, crime, violence, depression, school shootings, and societal pressure this mental health curriculum must be implemented for preventive measures and corrective measures. Just like we teach individuals math, science, and life skills, mental well-being, such monitoring oneself must be taught at this crucial time!
Furthermore, research indicates that children are lacking emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the art of self-regulation. It is being aware of oneself and processing emotions regularly. No one is teaching children how to deal with life stressors and process emotions. We have a generation of children who do not how to express themselves. They are either inexpressive or emotionally over-reactive. Unfortunately children are only taught academic intelligence and mannerism by adults. No one is teaching them emotional intelligence which is an essential skill that will prepare individuals in all areas of life. For instance, look at the increasing amount of school shootings that occur now. Unfortunately, most of the shootings are done by students. We must teach children the art of processing our emotions before it get to such extreme negative states. It will save lives. We must understand children’s mental well-being is the cornerstone of having a strong society. How and what we teach children about self-awareness make all the difference in children’s life-long well being and societal growth. Teaching self-awareness is key to preventing and solving societal struggles we face daily. All schools, parents, and individuals must incorporate self-awareness into their lives.
Hence, I created the WATCH YOURSELF technique. For many years I have been teaching a unit on Character Study. My students learned how to collect information about characters. They learned we can analyze characters in a book by looking at what characters do, say, and how they respond to problems. I also taught them to focus on their own actions, character traits, and the actions of people in their lives.
Then I came to realize the significance these lessons have on life. The significance it has on understanding our own selves, other individuals, and situations. This knowledge increases our ability to decipher between negative and positive people in our lives, being aware of our own emotions, correct negative habits, and process emotions by watching ourselves. It particularly prompted a beautiful way to monitor ourselves on a daily basis. Mastering the technique of WATCHING YOURSELF helps prompt more positive actions in our lives, create life-long healthy habits, process negative emotions, helps develop good character, and deal with life’s challenges.
As you practice these techniques, you will be better able to stay away from negativity, negative people, express yourself, and correct or remove yourselves from negative environments. In the long run the WATCH YOURSELF technique will greatly help society as a whole. We can get that lonely little child, the bottled up teenager, the angry, confused young adult the help they need. So let’s learn how to monitor ourselves, see individuals for exactly who they are, process emotions, and develop life-long healthy habits.
The WATCH YOURSELF Mental Health Curriculum is a very simple technique that can be used with all ages, with your own children or yourself. The goal of this book is to create long life watchers, who watch themselves constantly and grow regularly. We need to connect with ourselves again and rebuild our society.
To conclude with the high rates of suicide, crime, violence, depression, school shootings, and societal pressure this mental health curriculum must be implemented for preventive measures and corrective measures. Just like we teach individuals math, science, and life skills, mental well-being, such monitoring oneself must be taught at this crucial time!
40 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 26, 2018
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