How to discuss the value of life with children?

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-01-30

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I'm tired of studying, confused, and can't lift my mental ...... by doing anythingDoes your child behave like this?

Xu Kaiwen, an associate professor at Peking University, once shared his research for more than ten years: Today's children are prone to a kind of "hollow heart disease". What is "hollow heart disease"?To put it simply: I can't do anything, I feel that life is meaningless, and I don't know why I want to study and go to university.

Why do these children doubt the value of life?This is not only a problem for children, but also for parents and teachers, as well as for society as a whole. Our family and society always guide the pursuit of high scores, but ignore the guidance of children's inner self-worth. When the children are becoming more and more "rolled" and more and more competitive, their hearts are full of confusion. These confusions accumulate more and more in the heart, but do not know how to alleviate them, it will produce a "big crisis" in the child's heart, doubting the meaning of life and the whole world.

How to share the value of life with children?The recently published book Philosophy is Coming!- Thinking Like a Philosopher (Dolphin Press) is just the right opportunity for children. Use the philosopher's thoughts and life stories as inspiration for your child to think about how he should approach his life.

Li Kelin, a review expert of the book and a professor of the Department of Philosophy of Chinese University, said that the author has learned the writing method of the history of philosophy, but its focus is not on the training of philosophical knowledge, but on presenting the way of philosophical thinking and how children can practice these ways of thinking and find their own life value in daily life.

For example, children always complain that they are not free, but what is freedom?In this book, children are introduced to Kant's "moral self-discipline" - if you do your homework in school, if you do it because the teacher wants to check it, your behavior is other discipline;If you really want to learn knowledge and do your homework well, then your behavior is self-disciplined and moral. Kant believed that freedom requires "moral self-discipline" to achieve. From this perspective, children can think about where their own unfreedom comes fromAre you self-disciplined or self-disciplined?

There is another question that the child must be concerned about: Is it not until I have a lot of money that I will not be anxious?This book tells children the story of the philosopher Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein was born into a "very rich" family, but he did not live happily at first. It wasn't until he met Russell and found the meaning of his life that he lived a life worth living. The life of the philosopher also inspires children to think: what is the value of life?

When a child encounters something bad, such as failing to do well in an exam or failing an important performance, the book uses the philosopher Leviner's philosophy of "home" to encourage the child: these bad things will not determine anything for you, because the essence of human beings is determined by "home", and the world is for enjoyment. Even if something bad happens, don't forget that home is always there to nourish you, and don't forget to enjoy your life and enjoy your life.

In the era when "chicken babies" have become popular, we should be wary of children becoming patients with "hollow heart disease". You might as well use this book to talk more about philosophy with children, talk about the confusion and doubts in their hearts, so that children can "have ideals in their hearts and strength under their feet", so that they can become the next generation with a real future.

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