How to make kids realize they have made a mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
🔹Everyone makes mistakes n children are not exception to this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
🔷What is important how we learn from them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
🔹Yet, children grow up in a society that pressures them to be perfect n intelligent- to achieve the highest scores and get into the best universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
🔻Parents reinforce this pressure at home when they cover up children\u2019s mistakes, correct homework to improve grades or drill knowledge into kids until they get it right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
🔻Stress is increased when children are constantly praised for their intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
🔷Making mistakes is part of how kids are challenged to learn to do things differently.
\nIt motivates them to try new approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
🔻Children make many kinds of mistakes which include forgetting homework assignment or not studying for an important test. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
🔹But all mistakes contain seeds of learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
🔷Some parenting guidelines that help kids learn from mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
👫Acknowledge that you don\u2019t expect your children to be perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
👩👦Let them know your love is unconditional regardless of their mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
👫Don\u2019t rescue children from their mistakes. Instead,help them focus on the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
👨👨👦Provide examples of your own mistakes,how you learnt from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
👨👨👦Encourage them to take responsibility for their mistakes n not blame others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
👨👩👧👧Avoid pointing out their past mistakes. Instead focus the one in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
👨👩👧👦Praise them for their ability to admit their mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
👨👩👦👦Mentor them on how to apologise when their mistakes have hurt others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
👨👩👦👦Praise them for their efforts n courage to overcome setbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neeta Arora
\nParenting Facilitator n Counsellor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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