Teaching Children to be positive is an important link in parenting and child's development .
1. Teach children to listen
It is important that your child responds to the instructions that are given and follows the same. Its also important fro the child to give you a follow up of the task. Teach CHILDREN TO LISTEN. DO NOT JUST KEEP LISTENING TO THEM !
2. Teach children to respond positively to correction.
Most children don’t like to be corrected and respond negatively in either aggressive (anger) or passive (bad attitude) ways. This is unacceptable and becomes an excellent opportunity to teach self-discipline. One of the facts of life is that people often must follow directions which may not be their preference. Teach children to respond with a good attitude as well as right behavior. This requires self-control and helps children learn to control their impulses. A good response to correction is sometimes difficult to learn but work in this area will help a child develop a skill which will help them forever.
3. A number of social skills require self-control.
Behaving in the societal fabric is an important part of the child's development. Teach children to behave positively and peacefully in social settings.
For example: HOW TO BEHAVE IN A PARTICULAR PLACE/SOMEONE ELSE HOME?
4. Encourage children to take on activities which build self-discipline.
They may include sports, music lessons, a paper route, the responsibility of caring for a neighbor’s pet, memorization of scripture, a clean room, or a host of other activities.
5. Reward & Punish
Good acts must be rewarded and not good one to be positively punished. DO NOT BEAT THE CHILD. DO NOT KEEP THE CHILD IN THREAT.
Always explain the child the alternatives to the bad deeds and cause and effect of his/ her actions too!
6. Constructive BED TIME self-discipline TALES AND GUIDELINES
Some children have a hard time going to bed without creating a battle and this becomes a great opportunity to teach self-discipline to children. After all, it requires a lot of self-control for a child to stay quietly in bed while parents are still awake. Set a bedtime, develop a routine which covers all the necessary bedtime tasks and work at getting your child to stay in bed without mom or dad falling asleep in the room. This requires work on the part of the parent but will pay off tremendous dividends in the end.
7. Make a Time Table for Your CHILD & MONITOR FREEDOM OF THE CHILD
Responsibility is doing the right thing even when no one is watching. The rewards for being responsible are called privileges. The child who is responsible to get ready and be at breakfast by 7:30 a.m. is allowed the privilege of staying up until their 8:00 p.m. bedtime. Being able to choose one’s clothes is the privilege for getting dressed before the deadline. Simple benefits of life are seen as privileges associated with basic responsibility.
Some parents try to give their children an easier life than they had or they try to make their children feel good at the expense of good character. Unfortunately, this often translates into more freedom and less self-control. A wise parent will use childhood to prepare a child for success as an adult. Self-discipline is one of the most important character qualities a child can develop. Ironically, spoiled children are not happy; self-disciplined children often are!
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