“Emotions shape the way in which we react to daily situations”, she explains. It is ok to experience them, but we have to learn how to manage our response so that they don’t get out of control. “When we are little, they are a lot stronger. As time goes by, we learn to regulate them. For example, we don’t react with tears anymore because when we learn to speak, we can express ourselves differently”. On the other hand, coexistence also gives us other ideas on how to manage emotions.
“Families can learn. Besides their relationship with each other, they learn about self-knowledge, how to react and how others react”.