A Study of the Effect of Philosophy for Children on Promoting their Emotional Growth and Control of Anxiety

The general purpose of the present paper is to investigate the role of teaching philosophy to children on promoting their emotional growth and control of anxiety. Given the different dimensions of the issue, this purpose can be achieved by asking some questions and forming some peripheral objectives regarding the behavioral characteristics of pre-school children, the different aspects of their philosophical intelligence, their role in the control of anxiety, the outcomes of providing affective feedback to them, and children’s success in different stages of life. The results of this research indicate that in philosophy for children great attention is paid to the different aspects of their philosophical mind. They also suggest that the attention to the development of each aspect through correct instruction in appropriate contexts results in the development of emotional intelligence. Moreover, considering the fact that EQ and IQ are related to each other, if they are developed alongside each other, they will bring about more success in life for children.