NONVIOLENT EDUCATION, Elisama Santos

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How to encourage self-esteem, autonomy, self-discipline and resilience in yourself and your children.

Based on her experience as a consultant in nonviolent communication (NVC) and conscious communication, a parenting educator and a mother of two children, Elisama Santos proposes a conversation with parents who want to build relationships and learning based on respect and dialogue – and who want to encourage self-esteem, autonomy, self-discipline and resilience in themselves and their children. The idea is that the process of building knowledge becomes positive when it occurs through empathy and critical reflection.

Thus, the author presents concepts that can help parents and children to get closer, connecting with their own feelings and communicating them to each other in an objective and respectful way: non-violent communication, by Marshall Rosenberg; mindfulness, from Zen Buddhism; positive discipline, by Jane Nelsen; and emotional intelligence, by Daniel Goleman.

Nonviolent education is an alternative to the authoritarian culture that justifies the use of violence and repression as an educational method. It seeks ways to provide a more supportive and understanding education, believing that it is possible to educate children with awareness, so that future generations can reap the benefits of a more loving and just world.

“Elisama Santos wrote the antithesis of the easy self-help book: she leaves questions to be answered by individual human stories, respecting subjectivities, which are our greatest treasure.” – Alexandre Coimbra Amaral, psychologist on the program Encontro com Fátima Bernardes

Nonviolent education is a gift for parents and children.