How to Develop Independence in Children: 8 Rules All Parents Should Follow
Independence is one of the key skills needed to live a successful life.
Therefore, we can conclude that developing this quality in children helps them become responsible and confident adults.
In this article, we will look at several rules that will help parents teach their children to be independent.
1. Adults must respect the child's personality and boundaries. This means that arbitrariness on the part of parents is unacceptable.
2. Your actions should be aimed at forming an adequate self-esteem of the child. The danger of low self-esteem is that it can lead to dependence on the opinions of others and self-doubt.
3. Be sure to involve your child in family activities – and we are not talking about general cleaning together. Hold family meetings with the participation of all family members and plan family events together.
4. Work on developing your child's willpower - you must teach your child patience, courage, endurance and the need to make efforts to achieve goals.
5. Teach your child to plan. Children should learn to make a plan of action and break down large and complex tasks into a series of specific steps.
6. Teach your child to work hard from an early age. How to do this? The answer is simple: do not "protect" your child from doing simple household chores.
7. Your job as a parent is to teach your son or daughter to communicate with other children and adults.
8. Finally, do not forget to work on the formation and strengthening of such moral qualities as kindness, decency, compassion, mutual assistance, responsibility - they also contribute to the development of independence.
Earlier we talked about what needs to be done to make friends between a child and a book.
