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For my latest post, I wanted to find something special. After some searching, I came across a short film called “Piedra, Papel, Tijeras” uploaded to the YouTube channel of Nuria Sánchez Romanos, a professional who focuses on training socio-emotional skills. According to the description, the original video comes from an Android campaign from 2019, although I haven’t been able to find the original source.

The short lasts just one minute and portrays several cases of bullying. What stands out is that the characters support one another. You can recognize the classic roles of aggressor, victim, and bystander.

Nuria emphasizes the need for children to be exposed to resources like this from an early age, so they can learn empathy, mutual respect, and emotional regulation as tools to prevent violence and build healthy relationships. But it’s not only children who need this, adults also need to train these skills, especially those of us who will become future professionals. Emotional education is a shared responsibility, and as we’ve seen, it can have a huge impact.

With initiatives like this one, we’re reminded that emotional education isn’t an extra it’s a vital foundation for building safer schools and more compassionate societies. If you haven’t seen the video yet, I really recommend watching it!

Alba Vilaseca 

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