Good day reader!
Babies and children are like clay moulds, they become the people with the vales, traditions, education, speech and the ability to think that the parents give them. This also has an effect of the sort of environment, friends and family each have. Parents play a very important role in a child’s growth and it becomes easy to help them face every obstacle when parents treat their children as an independent person who can think and be their friend rather being a stalemate they hide from.
How to start being your child’s friend?
- Understand your child’s special qualities and support them to follow their passion.
- Give them good values and appreciate them when they behave well.
- Before saying No to their requests, analyse why they require certain things.
- Don’t spoil them with unwanted or false gifts, privileges or promises. Keep them grounded.
- Make them realize how grateful they are.
- Listen to them, play and engage with them. Always walk behind them and notice their actions.
- Appreciate good habits and make them understand when they behave in a wrong manner.
- Be prepared before having children and realize that it’s a commitment.
- Read more books about children and their habits.
Children display a range of behaviors that often reflect their perception of the situation they are in. These can range from passive, withdrawn or shy to uncooperative, destructive and aggressive. Once parents understand their children’s behavior they can respond better and there are many factors help them with growth and development. Self skills, Parental adjustment, parenting styles, family and school environment, Peer behavior, Self Confidence and so play important role in Social and Emotional Development.
In sum, parents observe their children through a filter of conscious and unconscious thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes, and these filters direct the way they perceive their children’s actions. So be their friend and listen actively.