Expressing Negative Emotions
Oleh : Ariyanto Yanwar, M.Psi., Psikolog One day, I encountered a video on a certain social media. The video showed a little boy, probably about 4 or 5, and the boy was crying. The caption was the boy had just made a mistake and the mother was in the middle of disciplining him (which she recorded and posted on social media. This is not a recommended action for positive parents). But I was stuck on a certain moment where after a few seconds into the video, the mother started yelling to the child, saying, “ No crying! You must smile! ”. Just a few seconds after the instruction, the boy started showing his teeth, grinning to the camera. His eyes were still red and his tears were still dropping but it was clear that the boy tried following the instruction and forced himself to smile. But it lasted for just a second and the boy started sobbing again, this time even louder. In response to the boy’s sobbing, the mother once again said, with louder voice than the last time, “ NO CRYING!! SMILE...
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