With a simple and enjoyable style, the second edition of this book offers answers to various questions. Which are the benefits of experimenting positive emotions during childhood? Is it possible to educate and shape these emotions from the very first months of life? Which attitudes do adults tend to enhance and which discourage children´s positive emotional experience? What strategies can parents, caregivers and teacher implement to foster the development of positive emotions on children?
This work collects conceptual definitions and proposes theoretical arguments in favor of the stimulation of the five positive emotions that lay at the foundation of resilient behavior and meaningful learning: joy, serenity, gratitude, sympathy, and personal satisfaction.
Additionally, the authors include a book of original stories, illustrated in full color, to boost the promotion of virtues and positive emotions in children. Each story contains questions for reflection and hands-on activities to waken the interest and enthusiasm of children, as well as their sensitivity to the feelings and needs of others.