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At Christmas, 7 out of 10 children still know how to enjoy waiting time - Lifestyle

2022-12-15T06:29:44.791Z


(HANDLE) The time of waiting, knowing how to enjoy and appreciate the almost suspended and timeless moments that precede something desired, is a key element for the formation of a child: recognizing the emotions generated by waiting, of tension but also of hope and desire , helps in building self-esteem and knowing how to understand what you really want. And now that Christmas is awaited, that we are in Ad


The time of waiting, knowing how to enjoy and appreciate the almost suspended and timeless moments that precede something desired, is a key element for the formation of a child: recognizing the emotions generated by waiting, of tension but also of hope and desire , helps in building self-esteem and knowing how to understand what you really want.

And now that Christmas is awaited, that we are in Advent, the time of waiting, what does it feel like?


According to the survey conducted by Raffaele Mantegazza, Professor of Pedagogy at the Bicocca University of Milan in collaboration with Hasbro, judging by the answers, children still seem perfectly capable of waiting and love the element of surprise, still very present in the relationship between adults and children.

The countdown has already started, is it really full of joy and trepidation?

Are they still able to wait patiently, to imagine the emotions that await them and to enjoy every hour benefiting from those moments of happiness?


The survey involved 1,117 households, with the aim of finding out how much the days that separate us from the eve are still lived with healthy impatience, opening the advent calendar box every day with the pleasure of counting the minutes and fully enjoying them .

Data in hand, the results seem reassuring:

7 out of 10 children confirm that they still live the waiting time with intensity and desire

and ask adults to learn to manage these emotions.

In particular, 73% of the children involved feel strong emotions in the context of waiting, anticipating, each in their own way, the moment when it will be over.

If, on the other hand, it is the entire family unit that awaits the fateful moment of Christmas, in 56% of cases the wait is lived positively and collectively, sharing those moments all together.


Christmas for children is also waiting for presents, for the gift to be unwrapped under the tree.

“What does all this tell us about gifts for children and teenagers?”

- asks Professor Mantegazza in conclusion, who replies: “first of all that

a gift is always ritualised

, that is, it must always be placed in an emotional and affective context in which time has its importance.

Trivializing the gift without surrounding it with a space-time situation that enhances it risks making it lose part of its magic.

So the gift can and perhaps should be

chosen starting from the child's wishes,

but these wishes can be intuited directly or indirectly and in any case the type of gift can always cause a surprise: the colour, the model, the external characteristics can beyond what the child desires, also teaching him the power of the imagination”.


The moment of waiting is therefore a fundamental step for the education of children, so much so that adults are also required to know how to respect and experience this moment together with the little ones. 

Source: ansa

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