First thing is to be calm and never even think about shouting at your kid. Suppose, you are awaken to a bad habit
of your 6 years old kid and need to control it. All right, sit and
think for a time what are the most convincing reasons, you can give your
loved one that can be practiced easily. For example, you may ask your
kids that when I was younger in your age I was caught in various disease
because of this habit. Next time, when you see your child, busy in that
habit again, lightly address your child and give those reasons which
you have gathered in your mind before. By applying this practice, don't
make your mind ready for your kid to avoid that habit but give time to
make him a realization. Next time if you again watch your kid following
same action, don't get frustrated instead, repeat the action again by
giving more motivation to your kid.
Avoid Punishments
Always make
yourself ready to educate your kids towards maintaining good habits
which are good for their health. Never go for taking steps if you have
less control over your anger. As, you are in anger you may punish your
kid or exhaust your frustration on your kid, resulting misconceptions in
your kid mind which will be really ineffective not only for your kid
but also for your whole family. Be calm and feel relaxed because kids
are in the age of growing, so give them maximum time to develop clear
and positive ideas about everything.
Give them Confidence
Confidence is one of the bases of personality development
of your kids. They need confidence from their elders at every stage of
their life. So giving confidence also works here when you need to guide
and teach your kids to avoid bad habits. Probably, it is the easiest way to teach your children.
How
can you give them confidence? There are different ways like letting
them taking their part in family matters which you think they should be
involved in. Keep a very friendly behavior with kids, be frank and make
best efforts to eliminate their hesitations. Steps like these make your
kids always agreed with your opinion. Hence, you can easily guide your
kids to avoid bad habits which are necessary for their health and growth.
Alternative Choice
Some kids are too consistent in their bad habits
and really reluctant to avoid them. In such conditions, it is hard to
control yourself. But instead of wasting your energy on such
frustration, let your mind to take initiative to get a solution. You may
suggest an alternative choice to kids which will work on both sides. It
will let your kids avoid that bad habit and at the same time it will
raise the passion about good habits which is good for their health and
growth. For example your kid consistently spreads pencil colors on house
walls and in spite of your efforts he is constant with spreading
colors. Rather than frustrating, encourage him for drawing and painting and if he shows interests then also arrange an equipped space for drawing and painting.
Awards and Gifts
Never stop your
efforts to make your kids healthier and educated. If they also follow
your instructions then reward them with gifts and encourage them to be
more educated. Remember, awards and gifts may lead your kids on both
positive and negative tracks. So, awards and gifts which you decide to
buy for your kids must be positive for their health and growth.
For
instance, you may buy gifts like toys which often have bad effects on
your child's personality. Movies of favorite characters of kids will be
effective way to educate kids. Books are best choice but children are
not readers and therefore they will show less interest, however you can buy medical comic books or graphic novel explaining diseases to kids which are specially introduced in market for disease awareness for kids.
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