At the end of every training session we do for children, we are left with sheer joy and amazement. We think they are only kids what could they possibly know? What could they possibly learn in a day or two?

The level of understanding they display and the knowledge they already have about life is phenomenal. Children have unique personality traits that remain consistent throughout their life. However, it is easy to get trampled and overshadowed by what people around impose on them. Understanding your child is one of the most important things that a parent should learn to do. It is very helpful in helping and nurturing your child as they grow and mature.

During the NLP through Theatre program, we could see evidence of what fear of adults can do to children. Their self confidence, self-esteem, attitude and how they perceive the world is affected by this. Fear of being judged, fear of the expectations from parents, grandparents, teacher etc , fear of being shouted at and many more all adds up to how a child performs at home, at school and elsewhere. The lack of confidence that we mistake for shyness comes from being judged, what will people say about me? what if I go wrong? What if I fail? The expectations that they should excel in everything the parents/ grand parents could / could not excel in, is too much. The emotional baggage that teachers and parents unconsciously dump on them can pull them further down.

What can be done in situations like this?
Such situations will keep coming up in everyone’s life. The best we can do for our children is to help learn how to respond rather than react to such situation, being empathetic and yet be able to communicate positively how they feel about something, be able to access positive state of mind rather than being angry, sad and scared. Make them emotionally strong and build a better and fruitful future for them.
NLP helps individuals to understand and accept self and others, which is a liberating experience. Theatre helps to integrate the learning through experiencing and being in the moment.