Nursery World - Respect yourself, say pre-schools

The critical role that pre-schools can play in helping children to grow up with a healthy respect for themselves and for others was put forward in a Scottish Executive report published last week. With All Due Respect: The role of schools in promoting respect and caring for self and others says that pre-schools and schools can influence children's attitudes so that they are less likely to grow up to inflict violence on others. While it focuses on domestic abuse of women and children, it acknowledges that men can also be victims and explains that the desire for respect and to maintain dignity and self-esteem is a common motive for all types of violence. 'The less respect for self people are able to feel from within, the more they are dependent on respect from others, and the more likely to perceive humiliation, shame and degradation in words or behaviours that to others seem unexceptional,' says the report.

With All Due Respect: The role of schools in promoting respect and caring for self and others says that pre-schools and schools can influence children's attitudes so that they are less likely to grow up to inflict violence on others. While it focuses on domestic abuse of women and children, it acknowledges that men can also be victims and explains that the desire for respect and to maintain dignity and self-esteem is a common motive for all types of violence. 'The less respect for self people are able to feel from within, the more they are dependent on respect from others, and the more likely to perceive humiliation, shame and degradation in words or behaviours that to others seem unexceptional,' says the report.

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