Kádár Annamária - Mesepszichológia 2.

In the first part of the Psychology of Fairy Tales, I focused on the role of fairy tales, the choice of fairy tales appropriate to age characteristics, and the impact of fairy tales on developing emotional intelligence. In the second part, I scrutinize the mazes of the parent-child relationship, those "delicate" educational situations in which only authentic parental presence can bring a real solution. In my approach, fairy tales mean not only folk tales and fairy tales, but also our own life story: the story we tell ourselves and our children about ourselves, our roots, our creed, our dreams and goals, our fears and pains, our failures and victories. Moreover, we tell this not only in the evening or in the moments dedicated to it, but constantly, often without words - with our presence, our behavior, our attitude towards ourselves, people and the world.

As parents and teachers, we also tell our own stories during education. Designation and enforcement of rules and boundaries; the motivation; the choices in matters of problem solving are all about us, our world view. Our actions tell us what we believe in, why we fight, what keeps us going in difficult situations - and when we give up. Although we usually focus on our child's behavior in connection with a particular educational problem, we want to change it, which conflict situation causes dramatic tension in us, and what we do with it also tells about us. With amazing precision, the child points out what we need to work on, the difficulties associated with it are signals - and also opportunities for moving forward. They call our attention to what we need to change and improve. Yes, if we let it, our child rewrites our story - and in this process we become students.

In my second book, I mainly write about the educational issues that I have been asked for advice on the most in recent years, and I also try to show how these situations appear in fairy tales. Broken down into age groups and topics, I recommend really high-quality fairy tales written by Hungarian and foreign authors, which I believe can be useful in solving problems.

The volume also contains ten new emotional intelligence development stories written by me for 4-9 year olds. I enjoyed continuing the story of Lilla and Tündérbogyó, who discover the outer and inner world during many new adventures.