Ways to Develop Good Habits and Manners in Your Child!

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Ways to Develop Good Habits and
Manners in Your Child!

• Learn Here How!

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Our children to a large extent are a reflection
of us. Though it may sound clichéd, but kids are
like clay that are waiting to be moulded into the
man/woman you want them to be. So how do you make
them courteous and well-mannered? What are the
ways to develop good habits and manners in your
child? Well read on to know how Start
Young Its never too early to develop good
habits and manners in your child. Remember, kids
as they grow older show resistance to changes
that disrupt their set routine. Introduce them to
courteous manners and good habits like dental
hygiene, reading, heading to bed early, healthy
eating, saying thank you, greeting others and
many more as early as possible. Be a Role
Model The best way to develop good habits and
manners in your child is to be a fine example
yourself. Trust us, your child is learning most
of the things by just observing your everyday
habits and manners. Thus it becomes crucial for
you to exhibit the best so that your child
imbibes the same. Harbour a Positive
Environment It is only in a safe, positive and a
secure environment that a child learns, grows and
flourishes. Create a happy and comfortable
environment at home and try to always have an
optimistic frame of mind around your kid. Doing
this will like a miracle help develop good habits
and manners in your child. Set Strong Ground
Rules As parents it is important that you set
strong ground rules. Make routine time tables
that allocates fixed hours for homework, play,
nap time and TV time. Doing this will gradually
create a discipline in your childs life.
However, you need to find that delicate balance
were you are not too strict or overtly flexible
with your childs routine.
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Reward Another way to develop good habits and
manners in your child is to reward good
behaviour. However, reward them with experiences
and not materialistic things. Instead of
promising a toy give them extra play time or take
them for a trip to the nearby zoo. Let Your Child
Speak Give kids the right to voice out their
opinion. Allow your child to speak his/her mind
and as parents try seeing things from the childs
point of view. Also, take their opinion on small
matters around the house. This way, your child is
more likely to listen to you and obey you. Teach
Responsibility Teaching your child to be
responsible is the first step towards ensuring
that they grow up to be caring adults. You could
imbibe this trait in your child by giving them
something important for safe-keeping. Also, if
you have an older child consider gifting them a
pet as this will instill a sense of
responsibility in your little one. Encourage
Reading of Good Literature Stories are a
powerful medium to develop good habits and
manners in your child. Good literature teaches
your kids to imbibe good morals, conduct and
courtesy and have a positive attitude towards
life. Be Involved No matter how busy your
lifestyle or schedule is, always do make it a
point to carve out some quality time with your
little one. Encourage them to speak about their
day as this will give you an insight on who their
friends are and how they are doing at schools.
Being healthy involved in your childs life will
make them feel loved and more receptive to your
decisions.
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Set Expectations That Are Realistic Do not
expect your child to be the epitome of good
manners and habits. Remember your child is still
young and is bound to be make mistakes. Be
patient and if they do something that you dont
approve of talk to them and let them know that
what they did was wrong. Also, raising your voice
or hitting is only going to make your kid more
resistant towards developing good habits and
manners. Be Firm There maybe times where your
child displays inappropriate behaviour and is
ill-mannered. When this happens it is important
to be firm and make your child understand that
what he/she did is unacceptable and what damage
his/her actions would or has created. Also, if
your child still continues to misbehave and is
refusing to pay heed to you, then stop covering
for them. Bearing the brunt of their actions will
teach them as to why they should not behave
inappropriately and that it has unpleasant
consequences. Parents, these are just some of the
ways to develop good habits and manners in your
child. Do let us know what you did differently to
make your child behave well!