Parenthood

As a parent we always wonder what kind of influence are we making on our kids and how much of what we do? There is nothing more valuable than the precious lesson we provide them to gain an understanding and build life skills from for their future. As much of what kids learn comes from the home and parent. Here are some things parent should teach their kids in order to prepare them for life challenges. Curiosity and critical thinking, optimism and self-discipline.

Curiosity and critical thinking: Curiosity and critical thinking are the foundation skills of learning and all life skill development. As a parent we need to follow some strategies to help our children enhance their critical thinking skills. Firstly, promote their reading comprehension skills, supporting our children improve their reading comprehension skills is the first step of critical. Kids need to enhance their ability to identify the difference between what they understand and what they do not about statement or a book. So, parent should practice with them and discover ways that can help them develop this skill. Secondly, encourage your kids to ask and answer basic questions about what they have read because it is a great shape to make them ready to think actively. It also aids them to avoid getting lost the original question. In addition, asking questions provide them with the capacity to explain their critical thinking skills. Finally, summarizing is a tool that support children to find out what is important in the story, if you work on this tool with your child for each chapter, they will remember what they have learned and practiced their comprehension skills. Moreover, it gives you hand to define what they understand and what they do not to work on it later.

Optimism: By teaching optimism to your children, you contribute with an important element to their happiness, health, and success. Children who have learned being optimistic are more flexible and are less likely to give up in the face of challenges. Firstly, be a positive model, if children hear lots of optimistic comments, they are more likely to improve this way of thinking themselves. For example, when you say things like ‘’I always do everything wrong, I will always do it wrong’’ or ‘’I did this thing wrong, because I was not concentrating, I will pay more attention next time so I can get it done’’. Your view of the world and your expectations within it communicates itself to your child daily. Teach your child to find out the bright side even when things have not gone well. Secondly, interpret failure as an opportunity, by presenting failure as a part of learning, they do not feel sorry about themselves they already know that is a normal path in their learning progress. When things have gone badly, parents should ask their children ‘’what will do differently next time?’’ and when you discuss failure with your child always start with what they did well before you discuss what they could do better. Finally, encourage your children to set their own goals. If it is an accomplishable goal, that they achieve by themselves, then they will earn a sense of competence that will push them to set more challenging goal. Further, encourage them to join in activities where they will experience success.

Self-discipline: Teaching self-discipline helps kids to control themselves, and kids who learned self-discipline will be better equipped to face life’s challenges, manage stress and make healthy choices even you are not around. Firstly, structured routine, parents are responsible for planning a great routine that they think will work for their children. A routine includes time to wake up, prepare bed, breakfast, play, study, and so on. After establishing routine, follow it with them and then it will be easily a habit. Secondly, solve problem with them not for them, by teaching them how to do it rather than doing it for them, make your children understand that the great solution for their problems lies with them and you are there for recommendations and feedback. Finally, reward without money, give your child a specific mission to do to enhance self-discipline. For example, getting up on his/her own without a reminder and making bed. If the mission is completed without reminders, then offer a reward that could be a cooking their favorite food or take them on a short trip to a favorite place, and so on. Because rewarding can help get your child to do more of your expectations.

To conclude, parents want to see their kids successful in all the aspects of life. However, it is not that much easy to make it in today’s challenging times. Parents should be aware of all the challenges that would face their kids, to prepare them to deal with the conflicts that may face. Parents can start from their own valuable experience to provide a worthy life lessons to their kids, so that they may be able to make good choices about their future.