Child Raising Advice

Child raising advice: how to teach your child independence, self sufficiency, and responsibilty. The end result will be a wellrounded child.

It is important to most parents to raise what they feel is a well rounded child. A child who will eventually become a self-sufficient adult. There are many ways to instill values of independence, and self-sufficiency in your child at a young age. These can be fantastic tools for raising a child that will look out for him or herself and be responsible for his or her own actions. The key to raising a well rounded child is to balance the parental input so that you are giving your child all he or she needs emotionally and physically, while at the same time showing your child that he or she can do a lot of things independently. It is never to early to start teaching your child a "can do" attitude.



Give Your Child Responsibility:
It is never too early to teach your child responsibility. Whether it be the job of picking up his or her own toys, helping with dishes, or helping take care of the family pet. Too many parents do everything for their children, thus instilling the idea at a early age that if they don't do it, someone else will. This is a dangerous pattern to fall into if you want a well rounded child. Even a two year old can be put in charge of certain tasks. The mere act of being responsible for placing his or her shoes in a designated area when not wearing them, or hanging up the bath towel after a bath, can teach your child to put thought into his or her actions.

Do Not Do What They Can Do:
If your four year old says, "Mommy, go get my juice, it's on the table" should you? No! Unless a child is ill and really is feeling so poorly that they should be made to rest as much as possible, this is a situation where you as a parent should say, "If you want your juice, it's right over there". If you wait on your children hand and foot just because they are small they will come to expect it. If it is some task that they can quite obviously do for themselves""let them!



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Build Your Child's Character [Repost]

Character is so very important to instill in your child: I have suggestions for building it.

As you know character counts in life, we are known by our character traits and as parents we need to build our chlid's character as best we can. If we raise our child to have good character when they are adults they will be better able to make good choices and also have a better and happier life.

First of all we need to teach our children to be honest, be truthful, be genuine and to be trustworthy. All of these character traits are very important. The way to teach honesty is to be honest ourselves: if a child sees a parent perhaps taking something from the grocery and taking paying the cashier then they will assume this is alright and they will do the same at one time or another. If a parent lies to the child or to a friend or a family member, this teaches a child that lying is acceptable.

If a parent is always trustworthy and keeps their word to their child and expects the same in return the child grows up being trustworthy. Being genuine is the same: if you are just yourself all of the time and not someone you shouldn't be, then your child will learn this also.

Being forgiving is another character trait that is very important, a child needs to face the situation, if they have done something or have been angry to another then you will have to be sure that they talk out problems with you and also with the person they have hurt.

Respect is a very valuable character trait, a child needs to learn to be considerate of others and also of the differences they may have with others. Manners are very important as they are a sign of respect. They need to learn to take care of things even at an early age when they have their first toys, they can be taught to respect items and not destroy them.

Being fair is very important, be fair with your child always and expect the child to be fair also and teach them to share and take turns and try not to be jealous of others.

Being a good citizen is another important character trait, showing respect and being involved in the community. If your community has a clean up day then get out with your child and help pick up paper and trash and participate in the community, this is the start of being a good citizen.

If you will take the time to teach your child these values I have listed and try to be the best person you can be as an example you will have done the very best you could as a parent.

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