Child is your best friend
By udaymohan
@udaymohan (437)
India
June 28, 2010 11:20am CST
A few days back, I had written 'with the birth of child, innocense comes out mother's womb'. A number of mylotters agreed with my view. I had also promised to write something more on this matter. I had also mentioned that we see God smiling through a child.
I want to make a point that children are our future, future of the world where we live in now. It would become duties of these children to make this world more beautiful in future.
Similarly, all parents want their children to become great in future and bring laurels to the name of the family. But, how can we do it?
I have seen several parents who succumb to insistence of their children and whatever their child want, they try to fulfill their wishes irrespective of logic behind.
We need to ensure that our children start inculcating good habits right from the beginning. Let us never forget that parents are the first teachers for their children and schools or colleges come only latter.
Parenting has become a problem for the parents. Therefore, they need to some of the points which are given below:
1. Never forget to praise your child when he or she does something good. Good words from parents increase the confidence of a child.
2. Always teach children to say words like 'sorry' or 'thank-you' and teach them respect elders and family guests.
3. Children, by habit, demand something, they start insisting for something. Sometimes fulfill their wishes. Gradually, discorage them for their insistence.
4. Let children speak whatever they want and as parents, try to listen them. They must be given opportunity to place their view points. This would make easy for parents to guide them.
5. Be very friendly to children but to a limited extent. You should always keep your parental rights and let them know it also.
6. Never compare your child with other children. This may cause inferiority/superiorty complexions in their minds. Never forget that all children are having different types of nature.
7. However, you must tell them motivational stories and if you want to tell them about some other child, make such child a character of the story.
8. Inculcate habit of sharing right from beginning.
9. Never have high expectations from children. It could bring some pain to you. All parents want their children to achieve something which parents could not do and for that they go on pressuring their children. This cause serious problems to children.
10. Teach them discipline right from nbeginning. Do not bind them in a particular circle.
11. Always take out time to talk to your children which they badly need. Children feel very bad if they are not in a position to talk to their parents.
12. Take your children to all family-togetherness and other functions which would enhance the personality of children and they learn a lot in such places.
13. Teach your children to become self dependant right since childhood. This would enable them to look after themselves.
There are so many other points also and you also know them
Happy parenting.
2 responses
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Jun 10
udaymohan You have pretty well covered the field and its a lovely lovely discussion. Children are our best friends and we must teach them respect first by respecting them as r eal live little people who have ideas that we should listen to. Do not make fun of th em as thats hurtful.I nver disrespected either of my parents as they respected me as a real person.
I did this with my own children and I had very few behavior problems
at all. And do not ever try to live through your children. That little girl of yours may be beautiful but do not put her through the shallow almost sickening ordeal of little girl beauty pageants. that's just living your wish of having been a beauty queen. Most little girls learn to bate those pageants.Also always try to be their for your children right up to adulthood. There must be a pleasant open line of communication between parents and children and teens too.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Jun 10
typos bate was supposed to be hate those pageants. to be there,not their
sorry I missed those.
@lility85 (37)
• Brazil
28 Jun 10
Having a child in a family tie is very good. Children bring joy, fun and are pure, innocent. It is impossible not to fall for them, even those "puck" that does not give peace. As I wanted to become a child again! I guess the best moment of our live is childhood.