If you are prejudiced about benevolent upbringing, read this comic

Simple, cute and effective. So we can describe this cartoon that allows us, as a parent or in charge of the education of a child, to better understand his development and his needs.

What do you need or education without violence

When you watch the news and find out, for example, that Missouri is re-spanking the school children’s education center at the request of their parents, you can tell yourself that the job isn’t done in terms of eliminating educational violence. .

To compensate for VEOs – ordinary educational violence – in What do you needyou can read and find out more sketches banality of parental life. Solutions are offered to deal with situations where violence might arise and to respond to them in a benevolent way.

The comic is divided into four age groups: from birth to 12 months, from 12 to 24 months, from 2 to 3 years and finally from 3 to 6 years. Multiple themes are addressed, such as the endless crying of a child, the aggression of young children, the management of emotions, the return to calm, the fear of adults or the division of attention in large families.

At the end of each sketch, a text entitled ” Did you know »Explains in a simple and clear way the functioning and development of the child at any age, e the reasons for his behavior in a given situation.

The prejudice of the Fondation pour l’Enfance, in this comic, is clear and commendable: providing solutions rather than pointing the finger at bad educational habits.

As a parent or responsible for a child, you don’t feel guilty or judged by reading the sketches – quite the contrary. We find ourselves easily in everyday situations, and we have concrete solutions to improve as much as possible.

The fight against the OEVs

As explained by Gaëlle Guernalec-Levy, journalist specializing in parenting, founder of the PAPOTO association (Parentality for all) and author of the comic What do you needthe emotional security given to the child is essential for his development and fulfillment, as is the attention given to him:

The benevolent attitudes and positive speech that we detail in the comics generate in the child the creation of oxytocin which helps to reduce his stress. This phenomenon promotes their learning abilities. Likewise, encouragement increases dopamine secretion in the child’s brain, which helps him feel more motivated, creative, resourceful and collaborative.

Vincent Dennery, director of the Fondation pour l’Enfance that publishes this book, wishes to show parents that educational practices can change, evolve and that the way adults look at children’s education is not set in stone and can be improved. , thanks to these practical solutions:

It is an unprecedented project: it is the first comic to explain, with simple words and illustrations, parenting without violence and more respectful of children and their basic needs. We hope that this object improves the parent-child relationship, provides parents with information on the child’s development in order to avoid the use of psychological and physical violence.

The comic is available in bookstores, on the internet, but also from early childhood professionals.

Photo credit image of one: Gemutlichkeit