Ideas for how you can teach your kids resilience: The list below is not your typical “do and dont” list but rather a set of prompts to begin reflecting on ways we can teach our children resilience through simple interactions every day. 1- Give your child independence to try new things they initiate, such as climbing at the playground or opening a container, even if you think it is “too hard” for them. 2- Encourage your child to serve others or let others go first when sharing food. 3- Give your child the opportunity to wait patiently when it is required (such as in a restaurant or during a car ride); do not always provide entertainment. 4- Show your child that it is worth making a good decision for the long run even if it’s not the easiest, such as choosing healthy foods over junk foods even if they take longer to prepare. 5- Do not give your child every single physical thing they desire (toys, food, clothes, etc) even if “everyone else has it.” Enable your child to give toys and clothes away regularly to charity, and teach them that material possessions are simply tools and not answers to happiness.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:27:52 +0000
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