THE 42 VALUES OF PEACE THAT EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW

Since 1964, the School Day of Nonviolence and Peace has been celebrated on January 30, recognized by UNESCO in 1993. On this date (which recalls Gandhi's murder), the need for education for tolerance, solidarity, respect for Human Rights, non-violence and peace is revealed. And in this, as in everything, children are the future.

Today in many schools there is a special mention of peace and the values that surround it and that is that from school, as from home, the foundations of a respectful and peaceful coexistence are established, between the closest and beyond the borders . A task that cannot be circumscribed to a single day, but the pillars of peace are built little by little.

From UNICEF and the World Association of Early Childhood Educators (AMEI-WAECE) the Childhood Education for Peace Program is being developed for children from two to 12 years of age, designed to educate in 42 values related to peace and selected from a study conducted in more than twenty countries.

The program has already been presented in Russia, New Zealand, Poland, Hungary, the United States, Canada, Nigeria, Myanmar, China, Turkey, Spain and most Latin American countries, among others. Now Palestine will be added, a region that has suffered severe conflicts for decades.

The World Association of Early Childhood Educators is a totally independent and non-profit organization whose basic purpose is to help the teachers of the youngest children. It was established at the end of 1991 as a movement for pedagogical renewal of pre-school education (from zero to six years).

He is a UNESCO Early Childhood Partner, is associated with the United Nations and is a member of the Civil Society of the Organization of American States (OAS), among others. From its website you can see different activities associated with each of the values, differentiating between age groups: for children from two to six years old, from six to eight years old and from eight to twelve years old.

Honesty, self-esteem, cooperation, creativity, freedom, respect for diversity, courage ... are some of the values that every child should know and put into practice. And although on some we could put some "but" or make some punctualization (for example, obedience), in general they are important concepts, abstract concepts that must be materialized and put into practice over time. Do you think your son is on the right track?