children who spend time around people of all ages are better prepared socially. provide opportunities for them to interact with a variety of different age levels.
let your children do things on their own. you can supervise if necessary, but letting them dress themselves or shop for their own clothes fosters independence and responsibility
by: janet
children need schedules and routine. they need things to be in order and to know ahead of time what is going to happen. it helps them feel loved and secure in a crazy world.
my boy, at 3.5 years did very well in being a ring bearer to his uncle’s wedding. why? we informed him earlier on that he’s going to carry the ring for his uncle on his wedding and we show our wedding video to him a few times and pointed out what he’s gonna do. we did this way ahead of time. we also told him that if he did very well, we will buy for him his favorite toy. he so wanted a water gun but we refused to buy it for him before. we didn’t say why not, so he persisted on getting his water gun. and so, before his uncle’s wedding, we promised to buy him his water gun once he walks down the aisle as a ring bearer. it worked really well.
by: janet
children need to believe they can succeed.
encourage them to keep trying when they fail.
confident children are more willing to try something new
and hang in there.
by: janet
build self-confidence in your children daily. remember, confident children can walk away from a bad situation more easily than those who lack confidence.
by: janet
train up a child in the way he should go:
and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
proverbs 22:6
related article: on child discipline.
by: janet