How to Bring Up Your Children Properly
Childhood years are the best times to learn. Somehow, a person’s comprehension is
at its peak during childhood. Parents should take advantage of these learning years
to ingrain the values of life in their children.
If you’re a parent, teach them positive habits so that they will know and see the
beauty that life has to offer. Make them enthusiastic about life. Instill into their
hearts and minds all the wonders and magnificence of being alive by living life to its
fullest in a positive way.
There’s a startling difference between children learning through self-discovery, and
children learning through self-discovery with proper guidance. The first things that
children learn are usually the things that stay with them and mold formative years
until they reach adulthood.
Let us suppose you let your children learn through self-discovery. To a certain
extent, self-discovery is good since it develops full independence and self-reliance.
However, the learning process might be slow. In a sense, it is like a trial and error
experience for children. They have to segregate the good from the bad, the right
from the wrong, what they like and what they don’t. It is most likely that what they
will like are the ones that come easy to them or the ones that they enjoy the most.
And the ones that they enjoy the most might not necessarily be the good ones.
Without proper guidance, what they like and enjoy the most might actually be
hurting them although they are not aware of it. Perhaps later, if they find out that
they picked the wrong choices, it may be too late.
With self-discovery through proper guidance, you will be able to leave room for
them to develop independence and self-reliance. At the same time, show them what
is right and what is wrong. Explain to them why. If possible, cite instances or
examples based on true-to-life events to make them more convincing and realistic.
The more realistic they are, the more easily the children are convinced. Likewise,
try teaching them in a friendly and humorous atmosphere. Children are more
attentive and eager to learn when all (both teachers and students) are in an easy
mood. You will know and feel their eagerness to learn through the sparkle in their
eyes and by the way they answer your questions. You can be sure that what they
learn from you is acceptable to them and will stay with them. That is why, as a
parent, you must show enthusiasm in life to your children.
There’s a third method of making children learn. That is through proper guidance
leaving negligible room for self-discovery. But there are drawbacks. You take away
from them the benefits of self-reliance and independence. The guidance you devote
to them may be good and well intended, but they must not rely on you on almost
everything they do. They become decision-dependent on you. There are instances
wherein this type of guidance might be worse than giving no guidance at all.
There are parents who underwent hardships during their childhood, strived, and
became successful financially. Although they are financially in the position to guide
and assist their children to a better life, they prefer that their children undergo the
same difficult experience they underwent during their younger years. Their reason:
so that their children will value and experience the same things they went through.
This may be applicable to stubborn and rebellious youngsters, but not to disciplined
ones. Why must their sons and daughters repeat the same difficulties? There’s no
reason to. This is like punishing the innocent. Instead of repeating the experience,
they should learn from it. Life is too short to repeat unsavory experiences.
One of the best ways to broaden your children’s knowledge about life is by
traveling. The world – its varied people, places, and cultures – has a lot of
information to offer. It is perhaps as important as the conventional classroom. If
you are financially able, traveling is one of the best educational experiences you can
give your children. Look for exhibits or world fairs, and take your children there.
Books are the next best things. It’s traveling by reading.
Fill your children with thoughts of self-importance, confidence, and positive attitude
so that there will be no room for negative thinking. More importantly, fill their world
with laughter, love, and understanding. You‘ll never go wrong.
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This article was initially published and provided by Worldprofit when the Silver and Platinum memberships had blog posting articles. The CEO at the time was Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Dr. Lant Passed Away April 16, 2023
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Daniel Fischer, Dano Enterprises
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