Instilling Kindness and Empathy in Children
Feb 2022
Children
don't know what to adopt and how to act with what they have around. Their
initial years are surrounded by their parents and what they bring in for them,
how they act around them and whom they expose them to.
Kindness is one virtue that every parent expects
to be a part of her/his child's life. Every parent wishes his child to be
generous and considerate in the way she or he acts. But parents need to
understand that they play a vital role in making this virtue a part of their
children's lives. First they need to help the children understand their
feelings and then let them understand things that form their surroundings.
Children adopt values from their parents in the formative years.
Children
are naturally optimistic as they don't have any reasons to find out negatives
unless they observe such behavior in their surroundings. As they say, home is
the first school of every child and it is the place where the child learns
everything. The kind acts and the right behavior flow from the parents to their
children. The children make the tone and language used at home their
soundtrack. So why not to fill this track with all the kind words and acts?
Let's
have a look at some ways that can help parents to raise a kind child.
- Express
kindness in the language you use. Say words that you wish to hear from your
children. Ensure that you are polite to your little ones.
- Make them act right and be generous through
small things like holding a door for someone, giving food to a needy, offering
help to people in house and around, be caring towards family and friends,
sharing things with others and being polite.
- Always ensure not to be harsh on children or
rude to them. Make them understand the wrongs they do in a very polite manner.
- Set an example of kindness and respect by
treating other people properly and talking good about them.
- Immediately correct the unkind and
disrespectful behavior practiced by the children by making them realize its
effects.
- Make the children responsible in things they do
from the earliest years.
- Help them to empathize with others and act
compassionately. Make them understand that they should treat others exactly the
way they would like to be treated.
- Inspire their imagination and thought process.
Encourage them to handle things, toys and people with care.
- Make the children understand the importance of
qualities like sharing, giving, volunteering, supporting, listening and
observing as they help them to develop positivity and optimism.
- Make the children understand how it feels to be
kind and the kind of response they get from others when they are kind.
- Be very thoughtful while instructing children.
Make them understand the consequences of things you don't want them to do.
Don't try to control their behavior.
- Apologize to the children when you have
unwillingly said something or done something you didn't mean. Make them
understand the importance of saying sorry when you have done something you
didn't want to.
- Don't stress on winning every time. Instead
encourage children to participate, cooperate and give their hundred percent in
all that they do.
- Encourage children to lift up others and
discourage them from participating in
bullying or gossiping.
- Teach them good manners and ensure they greet
everyone properly and are polite to them.
- Teach the children to be thankful and grateful
about everything others do for them. Teach them to be grateful about everything
they have.
- Avoid setting competition in the family between
siblings. Instead encourage them to work together and praise them for all the
efforts they put in.
Be
patient with the little ones in order to raise wonderful and tolerant humans.
Parenting done right is reflected in a grown up
child. To instill values in children, the parents need to practice values in
every word, in every act.
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