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International Children's Day was held contemporaneously with King Khalid University's 15th Book Fair and Exhibition on Monday the 6th of Safar. The activities included a lecture initiated by the Department of Kindergarten at King Khalid University's College of Education delivered by Dr. Haifa Al-Mabrouk, which displayed a video of negative parental behaviors with children. This was followed by a discussion on the concept of positive education, which aims to introduce the stages of development within children behavior and ways of dealing with each stage without being subjected to psychological damage.
Al-Mabrouk also stressed the importance of being a positive educator in raising children to be more confident, socially active, and flexible when facing difficult situations. She also discussed the factors that cause negative or undesirable behaviors, mentioning some essential psychological and social factors related to growth. In her lecture, she described a set of strategies that help educators to reinforce the concept of positive education, including problem-solving strategies which focus on helping a child solve a problem, rather than reprimanding the child for their behavior. This too was coupled with a talk on effective listening strategies and emotional control strategies that affect communication skills and the positive build-up of character and personality.
The closing lecture on the importance of self-empowerment was delivered by Dr. Samira Al-Manaie Al-Akalbi from the Department of Kindergarten Faculty of Education. In her talk, Al-Akalbi discussed the importance of fostering a sense of self-empowerment in children by family members and relatives. She explained that it would stimulate independent reasoning and self-awareness while encouraging self-accountability.
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