The sad story of the boy who wanted to be punished to hear his name

Our name not only serves to identify us .A name places you in the world and makes you part of it, it offers you identity, existence and importance for all those who make use of it, even if to punish you.Even if it is to indicate that you have done something that did not touch.

If on occasion you want to get some privacy with someone, or empathize with you, do not hesitate to say their name in each sentence, to do so with security, warmth and closeness.All of this causes an emotional impact on who we have in front of : we recognize it, we give it courage.

Now put yourself in the skin of a child.Nino orphan in which nobody notices.He is the protagonist of this story, and we want to talk to you about him.His name? Don't forget, the name of this creature is Pietro .

Pietro, the boy who wanted to hear his name from other people

This story was related by the journalist, psychologist and writer Juan Arias in the newspaper "El Pais".His first experiences as a psychologist took him years ago to Rome, just to a small orphanage where a hard discipline was applied with children, and that I want to soften the same by providing a more emotional, more intimate approach , more constructive for the optimal development of those children.

The sad story of the boy who wanted to be punished to hear his name

However, sometimes, the education itself is somewhat complex We limit ourselves to offering an academic approach trying to help children find a way to make a living tomorrow, and therefore be useful to themselves and their own.certainty.

Now...what about your needs, your emotional and emotional needs? This is something that is not always addressed correctly in the orphanages.And that is what happened to Pietro.

This child had a very characteristic custom.Almost periodically, he broke the room phone from the director. What was the use of him if no one called him? But this was not the only reason he committed such mischief.Every morning, when the director saw the destruction, he called him by public address inform him of the punishment.And that was what Pietro wanted.Somebody say his name.

The sad story of the boy who wanted to be punished to hear his name

It was such isolation, such a lack of this child, that he was happy just to hear someone say his name.And more by public address.Do you guess what the psychologist and journalist Juan Arias did then? He agreed to a small plan with Pietro.Every day, before going to bed, he would call him on the phone.It implied very exciting things: that would pronounce his name by megaphone, that someone spoke to him on the other side of the line , and that he wished him good night.

In that headset, there was an adult who offered importance to little Pietro, who recognized him as a person and who showed him affection wishing him to have happy dreams: what every child deserves .The next day, when Juan and Pietro were in the corridors of the orphanage, they said nothing. It was enough with a complicit smile.

The sad story of the boy who wanted to be punished to hear his name

A beautiful story that we wanted to share with you as a reflection. Don't forget to say the name of the people you want every day .a gesture that creates great links.

Do you do it already?

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