About Love of Others
To discuss the importance of peaceful communication,
explain different ways of communicating and encourage the students to ask clarifying questions
To introduce the principle of compassion to the students, inspire them to reflect on their attitude to compassion and discuss with them that compassion can take many forms
To introduce the students to the concept of consent, to inspire them to “read” other people and respect their choices and to stand firmly for their own body choices
To inform the students about the meaning of consideration, discuss the importance of consideration and what it might look like in their daily life and to inspire them to take more considerate actions
To discuss the advantages of cooperation with the students and encourage them to cooperate with others
Don’t give away what isn’t yours
To explain the concept of ownership to the students and inspire them to share and give only what belongs to them
To introduce the students to the concept of empathy and teach the fact that each person has a unique individual life
To introduce the principle of equality to the students and help them understand that inferiority and superiority are only imagined
To introduce the students to the concept of ethics and the golden rule
To educate the students about what it means to be a good friend to someone and about appropriate ways of making new friends
To inspire the students to reflect on their willingness to help and to be independent and to encourage them to be helpful without micromanaging
To raise awareness in the students about how their actions and humour can hurt others and to inspire them to be ethical
To introduce the students to the ripple effect that kindness
can have and to inspire them to be kind to others
To educate the students about conflict, the causes of it and
to present strategies of resolving conflict peacefully
Setting and respecting boundaries
To discuss the concept and importance of boundaries, encourage the students to think about their own boundaries and be assertive about them and to respect the boundaries of others
To inspire the students to explore and reflect on their feelings about sharing and to practice sharing equally
To encourage the students to stand up rather than stand by
Some Issues regarding Love of Others
To educate the students about assumptions, why they are a
problem and how to challenge them
To encourage the students to inspect their own level of bossiness, show the difference between bossiness and boundaries and give the children tools to respond to the bossiness of others
To explain the futility of comparison to others and inspire the students to measure their own progress honestly
To explore the feeling of envy, remind the students of feeling through their emotions and to remember being grateful for what we can do and for what we have
To explore the concept of exclusion and encourage the students to include others wherever possible
To educate the students about the feeling of greed, why we may have it, the effects of acting greedily and how to eliminate the feeling of greed in ourselves
To investigate the concept of laziness, to discuss when doing nothing is actually beneficial and that becoming independent
is important
To introduce the concept of prejudice to the students and reflect together what impact having prejudices can have on ourselves and others
To introduce the students to the concept of safety, inspire them to have faith in God’s protection and to use protective gear when needed
To educate the students about boundaries and to inspire them to consider other people’s feelings and act ethically
To introduce to the students the concept of physical, emotional and verbal violence and provocation