World Kindness Day 2022: Five reasons you may be kinder than you think
World Kindness Day is dedicated to encouraging random acts of compassion in our daily lives. Let's look at several indicators that you may be kinder than you think.
By ET Spotlight Special |
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In 1998, the World Kindness Movement launched World Kindness Day as a worldwide holiday to promote kindness. Each year on November 13, World Kindness day is observed. Today, World Kindness Day, we can reflect on one of the most important and universal human qualities. On this day, raise awareness of and support this fundamental attribute that links people from all walks of life by recognizing the beneficial impact of all acts of kindness.
What are the indicators that you are kinder than you realize?
Let's learn how to be kinder and what signals indicate that you are kinder and more compassionate than you realize:
Random acts of kindness
This is the simplest way to demonstrate compassion and goodwill. A good example is complimenting someone at work on their outfit or the colour of their tie.
Expressing gratitude
Recognizing the daily tasks people perform for you becomes a concrete act just by expressing your thanks.
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The Covid-crisis has increased the instance of anxiety and depression four-fold across the world. These challenging times have highlighted the importance of mental health.
Even before the pandemic hit, mental health impacted over 10 per cent of the global population across their lifetime, and more than 20 per cent of adolescents and children had mental health concerns.
Over 90 per cent of school children are confined at home for the past six months due to the pandemic.
Now, more than ever, children need to build skills to cope with stressors. And, parents play an important role in helping nurture skills of resilience.
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The first step to improving mental well-being is learning to recognise one's emotions. Expanding a child’s emotional vocabulary helps them identify what they are feeling and express themselves better. Awareness of emotions is not only limited to labelling them, but also identifying how they feel in the body and what thoughts and behaviours are attached to them.
The first step to improving mental well-being is learning to recognise one's emotions. Expanding a child’s emotional vocabulary helps them identify what they are feeling and express themselves better..
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Mental illness may result from biological, genetic or psychological stress. Educating children about the nature of mental illness, helps reduce stigma and increases empathy. It also equips them to identify negative emotions within themselves and others.
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Mental health isn’t merely about a life free of illness but a life which is meaningfully engaged in activities and relationships. It doesn’t necessitate that children are always happy. Instead it focuses on being comfortable in emotions they experience and building skills to cope with stressors.
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Protecting children from challenges does not make them resilient. Research from 20 studies has shown that when children have been taught how to address faulty thinking and develop problem solving skills, negotiation and relaxation, they have lower levels of anxiety and depression.
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A safe and nurturing environment encourages children to express feelings and desires. Creating a home environment which allows for failures and provides opportunities to learn fosters self-esteem and resilience.
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Research consistently indicates that children model their parent’s behaviours. As parents, it is important to be congruent in what is said and one’s behaviour. Learning from observation is the best ways behaviours are retained.
A study in the American Journal of Public Health found that children as young as 5 years, when taught skills such as regulating their emotions were successful at work in adulthood and less prone to mental illnesses. Adults have a vital role in fostering children’s mental health.
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What should we do to commemorate World Kindness Day? Continue to Show Kindness. Ask others whether there is anything you can do to assist them. Compliment others.
