The Parent’s Guide To New Year Resolution Ideas
At the start of every New Year we sit down and think of New year resolution ideas. We often try to change the negative parts of our life that are causing us the most trouble. We often don’t think of ourselves, but pleasing the people around us who have told us what disgusting habits we have. A lot of the time when we try to stop habits that have become more about pleasing others than ourselves we do not succeed.
Even if you make changes to do with children and changing the way we parent it is a positive step forward. With parenting resolutions they not only change our own world’s but, also the world of our children. If we do not manage to implement those changes within the year, but change some area of our life we will still be closer than we were the year before.
Start to recognise when a child is behaving well and reward them accordingly. Notice the words used to speak to children and learn to show them gratitude instead of focussing on the negatives. Negatives are not helpful when spoken to a child.
Be careful when choosing the words to speak to your child and try to praise them more. Start to recognise when your child has done well and reward them. Reward charts can be bought or made and help a child gain a sense of worth. Some parents tell children that they are naughty, stupid or bad all the time and this only makes a child feel worse.
Share a sport or other physical activity that you both like to do. Such as taking a child out blackberry picking or roller skating since this is all spending quality time with your child. There are so many physical activities that you can do with your child that will help your relationship to grow.
Learn to set an example because this is how children learn. They look up to parents as role models, but if the parent is doing something wrong then the child will learn to do that as well. If a person is lazy or untidy the child will learn that is all right to throw rubbish on the floor or leave toys out.
This year learn to observe patterns of behaviour within your children and ask yourself if it is something that you are doing. Learn to set an example to your child. Children will commonly learn to act out the behaviour of a parent.
If a parent smokes then the child might smoke when they are older as well. If a parent is over weight then the child might be prone to being overweight as well. Try to nip bad habits in the bud so that children are not likely to have the same bad habits when they are older.
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