Saturday, January 12, 2013

The role of the family in the child's creativity


No matter how much independence as personality traits were closely related to socialization, efficiency and resourcefulness in work, relationships with other people and so on., An important assumption of personal and creative development. For it is by self-reliance, to a large extent depends on the freedom of creative expression of ideas, thoughts, actions ... As the first family social environment of the child, we will keep on its role in the development of children's independence and creativity. 


First of all, parents need to be open to new ideas, encourage child independence and encourage a child to his work. Although their intention is only to help the child to work, they should let him alone do certain actions. Child after expending effort and having just done something to feel competent and satisfied Done.You will be aware that it is performed independently, and not that it's a product of his parents. This will, in turn, further instill confidence and courage to embark on new creative endeavors.

Interpersonal relationships in the family also dictate the development of children's creativity. "It has been creatively gifted children have families that emphasize independence, rather than interdependence of the family members are less focused on the child, have expressed little strained family ties and expressed more negative feelings and competition among the family members that result in a motif for power and dominance." (Olszewski-Kubilius, P., The social and emotional development of gifted children: What do we know? Prufrock Press .. pp. 205-212)

Of course the independence and the spirit of competition encourages children creativity, but beware that such educational efforts would not lead to another, which could cause the counter-creative upbringing. On the other hand, the interdependence of family members can also have a good educational effects. It was found that "people who command a high scientific results come from families that are cohesive and focused on the child and where the identification of the parent-child relationship is strong, resulting in a high level of motivation for achievement / success." (Olszewski-Kubilius, P., The Social and emotional development of gifted children: What do we know?)

Therefore, autonomy and independence from parents is a good prerequisite for creative development of the child, and the child's attachment to parents is a good prerequisite for intellectual development.However, the best in the children's independence from parents across the middle: enable kids free expression of ideas and work independently, but still no child left entirely to just work, but from time to time check done, praise your child, help him, if necessary , and encouraged him to further work.

It is important to feel the pulse and to determine whether the child prefers to work alone or with others, and in accordance with that act. The most important thing is for parents during their children's creative expression to be unobtrusive and spontaneous. It is important that children do not impose their own creative solutions, so the children would not have them in his lead further work and thus "copied" the work of adults, and therefore the "hitchhiking" creative ideas.

To illustrate this point, let us consider an example from practice. The boy got Lego, but instead I opened them and looked his father had done with the intent to show him how to enter into cubes. In the end he made the big wheel and thereby further limit the child's creative work or play with LEGO bricks, because "everything he put together a child can become meaningless, and compared with the perfection of his father's works, the less valuable.'s Father laid emphasis on work, the effect of Success, good result. Creative might be just what a child who discovers the joy of their abilities and their achievements, without limitations imposed from outside the ultimate goal: a child will know in order to encourage the elements that has created something for themselves and for us to game, the game and the way it just wants to wash his face and ". (Various authors, the Third Colloquium on leisure of youth: Youth Creativity and free time for extracurricular Education Center, Zagreb, 1972. Pages. 98)

Therefore, it is necessary only to let the child create and to express themselves freely. "Studies suggest that the important factor of the family environment the degree to which families create an atmosphere where children are free to develop their unique identity and have their own individual thoughts and express them freely. They have a higher likelihood for individuals who come from such families to be very creative and very competent in his work. Such families cultivate creativity and taking intellectual risks. (...) Therefore, the styles "parenting" that help the child to find their own identity, rather than dictate it, allow open expression of ideas and independent thought, reducing the identification parent-child relationship, but not necessarily diminish the relationship or love and support in the presence of challenges, which helps in the development of talent and creativity and mental health. parents should establish and maintain a bond with their children, but also allow them autonomy, independence, and psychological and emotional space. they can be very involved in their child's achievement, directly and actively supporting, but not bringing too emotionally or psychologically. "(Olszewski-Kubilius, P., The social and emotional development of gifted children: What do we know ? Prufrock Press .. pp. 205-212)

On the other hand, it is important to draw attention to some corrective actions that stifle children's creativity in order to help to avoid and eliminate.

Rearing practices that impede the development of children's creativity

It often happens that parents, often unknowingly, to extinguish the creative spark of the child, the child thinking that facilitate performing a task and imposing his own solutions. We will mention only a few examples in which parents can suppress children's creativity:

* Do not allow your child to flourish, paper cut, color staining your hands or a "real mess" in the house rather than to allow it all to our mutual satisfaction;
* Ignore or do not attach importance to the child's creativity;
* I do not care for the areas in which a child shows affinities;
* Encourage your child not only to investigate but hampered by the fact;
* We are trying to blindly follow a child of their ideas, thoughts and opinions, thereby creating a child conformist, not a free person who is open to new ideas;
* Do not give your child plenty of time and opportunities that only come up with solutions, but it offers them yourself;
* Do not show an interest in something they themselves explore, create, shape, do something creative, but occupy their attention rather empty and monotonous things and events.

Thus, the relationship between parents depends largely on the creativity and the development of children's creativity. Family environment and family atmosphere are very important for the promotion and development of these properties. Unfortunately, it happens that, instead of creativity, encourage parents of children with solid and stiff behavior. "The conditions in the environment that inhibit creativity, and encourage rigid behavior:

* Tasks that direct the individual to be fixed to a particular method of solving;
* The existence of a source of frustration and stress during problem solving;
* Factors that reduce intrinsic motivation to solve problems;
* Emphasizing the negative consequences of a possible failure to solve the problem;
* Poor individual experience of the individual in problem solving;
* The introduction of unnecessary restrictions and barriers distraction problem situation. "(Creativity, www.znanje.org)

So, adults are the ones that suppress the development of children's creativity as he imposed his views on life, their solutions, and similar attitudes., And with all that are themselves non-creative. Therefore, in order to be able to stimulate children's creativity, you first need to work on your creativity. To begin with, you should determine the cause of the rigid behavior of adults. "One of the most common obstacles to express our creativity is difficult to step out of our habits (thinking, doing, organizing our lives). This is about what psychology calls" resistance to change ", or the tendency to avoid the risk of each individual contradictions in her opinion , her sense of identity, its Me. "(Dominique Pierre, La Creativa, Domaine Reserve?, www.doctissimo.fr)

So, to enable a flow of creative ideas and the free expression of creativity, adults need to be rid of his egoism, established norms of behavior, clichés, stereotypes. They need to realize that they just are not always right, that things can be viewed from various perspectives, and to a particular question may give different answers, but still accurate. Therefore, it is necessary to get rid of traditionalist opinion according to which it is inconceivable that something is different from the usual.
In addition, one of the reasons why adults do not freely express their creativity is the belief that the only characteristic traits of scientists, artists and some special people. "The belief that it is in the reserved area, in the specific activities or special people, surely one of the ways we stifle our creativity." (Dominique Pierre, La Creativa, Domaine Reserve?, Www.doctissimo.fr)

It is therefore all the more reason to get rid of adults and go on "adventure" for the pursuit of creativity within itself by the fact that their creativity and attitude toward it largely depends on creative development of their children.

Recommendations to parents on how to find the creativity in you

It is important for adults to understand that the creative efforts are not required, nor any particular exercises in concentration, but changes in the normal way of life. It takes imagination and which is closely related to creativity, as opposed to logic and reason since "eliminate what is new, unknown, and send it to be known, so that it can be processed." (Dominique Pierre, La Creativa, Domaine Reserve?, Www.doctissimo.fr)

It is also important that parents understand that creativity within themselves and may find that if they really want and try your best. It is critical to understand how creativity is important in the life of every individual and that it would attach particular importance and attention. Up with creative ideas are not coming strenuous mental work, but it takes the spirit and relieve let themselves come. In addition, it is important that parents realize what they have creative ideas. Sometimes the only departure from the normal way of life, routine, habit-established, a creative expression. It is reflected in the way they dress, decoration of interior and exterior way of preparing and serving meals, decorating bookshelves, their classification, to any complex shape creation. Creativity is reflected also in communication with other people, how to overcome conflicts, solve problems, simply, there is no field of human endeavor that can not be seen with the creative aspect. But just as there is only one creative solution, as it is more that we are closer to perfecting their sense of creativity and the results are better.
Only when parents understand some basic terms and creativity alone (p) remain creative, there will be a significant feature to encourage and develop in children. 

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