“The boy who could do it” It is a story that It does not give the typical optimistic message of “If you want, you can.” Because even if we really want to achieve or achieve something, it is not always possible, and this must be clear from childhood so as not to fall into the pressure of demanding the impossible from ourselves.
This leads us to realistically analyze our possibilities and, from there, build our self-esteem in a healthy way. Because the idea is not to have perfect children, who cultivate pride; We want children who love and trust themselves. This way they will know what their potential is and understand that the important thing is to be themselves.
The story: The boy who could do it
Two children had been skating on a frozen lake all morning when, suddenly, the ice broke and one of them fell into the water. The internal current moves it a few meters below the frozen part, so, to save it, the only option was to break the layer that covered it.
His friend began to scream for help, but when he saw that no one came, he quickly looked for a stone and began to hit the ice with all his strength.
He hit, hit and hit, until he managed to open a crack through which he put his arm to grab his partner and save him. A few minutes later, alerted by neighbors who had heard the cries for help, the firefighters arrived. When they were told what had happened, they couldn’t stop wondering how that small child had been able to break such a thick layer of ice.
– It is impossible that with those hands he could have achieved it, it is impossible, he does not have enough strength, how could he have achieved it?, they commented among themselves.
An elderly man who was nearby, upon hearing the conversation, approached the firefighters.
“I do know how he did it,” he said.
– As? -they responded surprised.
– There was no one around him to tell him that he couldn’t do it.
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How to help build children’s self-esteem
The two great pillars of our childhood mark our identity and our ability to improve. What others tell us can give us both a brake and a stimulus.
Children are like sponges that easily absorb everything they observe and also the messages we transmit to them.
If we are able, as adults, to see that children are made of delicate, innocent, brittle, dreamlike and magnificent material, we can help them build their self-esteem.
Their minds are full of dreams that, through games and imagination, they turn into dreams and aspirations to create and fulfill.
As we all know, in addition to games, stories are one of the ways of communication we have with children par excellence. Through them we help them understand themselves, navigate the world, assume values and create new experiences.
advises that we have to be aware that we are responsible for their dreams, their desire to live and for helping them develop their self-esteem because we are their coaches for life.
This story conveys a message that highlights the importance of a key ability to stay on track in life: resilience.
Resilience understood as persistence in the face of adversity and internal strength. Telling a story like this to a child is useful to solidly lay the foundations of their castle and to help them adequately develop unique self-management strategies that strengthen them from the best of themselves.