Les Inuits ont une capacité étonnante à maîtriser leurs émotions : ils ne sont quasiment jamais en colère.
Cela provient de leur éducation particulière. Les parents n'élèvent pas la voix (cela entrainerait les enfants à régler les problèmes de la même manière, en criant), ne punissent ni ne grondent pas leurs enfants.
Tout se passe par les histoires et le jeu, c'est à dire par ce qui intéresse les enfants et donc facilite l'apprentissage.
Les histoires :

• "si un enfant s'aventure près de l'eau, il risque de se faire capturer par le monstre de la mer qui va le revendre à une autre famille" : les enfants aiment avoir peur.
  • le parent regarde dans les oreilles des enfants et déclare : "s'il y a trop de cire, cela veut dire que l'enfant n'écoute pas assez les parents".
    Le jeu : si un enfant a un mauvais comportement, par exemple il frappe un autre enfant, on laisse la crise passer (en crise l'enfant ne peux pas apprendre) puis la mère lui demande en souriant s'il veut la frapper, comme un jeu, puis elle joue la comédie dans l'ambiance du jeu, disant que ça lui fait mal : cela oblige l'enfant à prendre des décisions (dois-je frapper la mère), à s'entraîner à être sollicité, moqué, donc à maîtriser ses émotions.

"In a nutshell, the parent would act out what happened when the child misbehaved, including the real-life consequences of that behavior.

The parent always had a playful, fun tone. And typically the performance starts with a question, tempting the child to misbehave.

For example, if the child is hitting others, the mom may start a drama by asking: "Why don't you hit me?"

Then the child has to think: "What should I do?" If the child takes the bait and hits the mom, she doesn't scold or yell but instead acts out the consequences. "Ow, that hurts!" she might exclaim.

The mom continues to emphasize the consequences by asking a follow-up question. For example: "Don't you like me?" or "Are you a baby?" She is getting across the idea that hitting hurts people's feelings, and "big girls" wouldn't hit. But, again, all questions are asked with a hint of playfulness.

The parent repeats the drama from time to time until the child stops hitting the mom during the dramas and the misbehavior ends.

Ishulutak says these dramas teach children not to be provoked easily. "They teach you to be strong emotionally," she says, "to not take everything so seriously or to be scared of teasing."

Psychologist Peggy Miller, at the University of Illinois, agrees: "When you're little, you learn that people will provoke you, and these dramas teach you to think and maintain some equilibrium."

In other words, the dramas offer kids a chance to practice controlling their anger, Miller says, during times when they're not actually angry."

"Markham recommends an approach close to that used by Inuit parents. When the kid misbehaves, she suggests, wait until everyone is calm. Then in a peaceful moment, go over what happened with the child. You can simply tell them the story about what occurred or use two stuffed animals to act it out.

"Those approaches develop self-control," Markham says.

Just be sure you do two things when you replay the misbehavior, she says. First, keep the child involved by asking many questions. For example, if the child has a hitting problem, you might stop midway through the puppet show and ask,"Bobby, wants to hit right now. Should he?"

Second, be sure to keep it fun. Many parents overlook play as a tool for discipline, Markham says. But fantasy play offers oodles of opportunities to teach children proper behavior.

"Play is their work," Markham says. "That's how they learn about the world and about their experiences."

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