Why it is important to teach a child to help parents: an unexpected conclusion

02.10.2024 15:44

Some parents try to teach their children to work from an early age, while others hope that with age the children will understand everything themselves and master the necessary skills.

Psychologists say that it is necessary to teach children to help their parents, even if the result of their help is a drop in the ocean.

Experts advise to evaluate the result of a child’s help not as a practically useful action, but as a tool for developing self-awareness.

In short, children who help their parents with household chores grow up happy and calm.

Why should children help?

Despite their lack of strength and experience, small children try to help adults.

Children
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It is important to allow them to do this so that in the future nothing will interfere with their routine activities.

Adults must understand that children need to be told and shown how to cope with the task.

And it is possible that their help will not be the most effective – it will even take a little more time, but they must learn to help.

At the initial stage, the result will not be so noticeable, but in the future, such a habit will allow adults to find time for rest.

And most importantly, the interaction between adults and children will improve.

In particular, children will acquire new skills, develop a sense of self-worth, and value for their contribution to family affairs.

They will grow up not just to be well-mannered and responsible, but also to be self-confident people.

Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor