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interest and curiosity- and curiosi–
ty is essential to learning.
As your child is crawling, he
learns by feeling the surroundings.
M uscles and coordination are
being developed. Coordinated
movements early in life have a
critica! role in the development of
the brain.
All dangerous things should be
put out of baby's reach, but allow
for a certain amount of minar
mishap. Don't be overprotective.
Limits in certain areas should be
set for the child's own good.
Refrain from saying "no" contin–
ually, but set definite limits to
establish self-discipline early.
Remember that children will test
their parents and will push to the
limits they can go. But they will
accept authority if parents are firm.
Character Development
The child's character traits, personal
values and personality are decided
basically by the home environment.
Parents are the prime teachers--or
should be! But often the develop–
ment of character is left to the school
in hopes that teachers will impart to
the child the discipline and respect
the parents couldn't.
A parent should realize he or she
has a host of advantages with which
to succeed. Young children will
unquestionably believe a parent.
They have a strong desire to please
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parents who are truly interested and
excited about their accomplish–
ments.
Parents must show the child how
to give and share. The child must
not be allowed to snatch toys away
from others. He must learn not to
Cbildren should
be allowed
to play near you
when you are
working, even
though this
leads to
interruptions.
take anything that isn' t
his. He must not shade
storíes to his own
advantage.
Above all else is the
parental model for these traits. This
wiU determine the child's character.
And character is the real key to later
success in school and life. Character
and good study habits are what
every parent first needs to be teach–
ing his children at home.
A child needs to be learning
arder and organization. No hoy or
girl should be brought up in house–
hold confusion. A neat, ordered
borne with regular mealtimes will
help develop arder, trust and confi–
dence in a child.
Praise
builds confidence in your
children. Don't talk demeaningly to
others about your children's faults
and inner feelings.
If
a child knows
that what he or she reveals to you
from the heart goes out to others,
the child will stop being open with
you. Don't lay the foundatjon for a
generation gap. Begin building
family loyalty now.
Activities-not
necessarily ex–
pensive activities-when done to–
gether are the concrete, personal
experiences that draw parent and
child to each other. Such shared
experiences will also develop right
self-confidence in children- a posi-
tive eagerness toward new opportu–
nities, rather than a withdrawing,
doubtful, discouraged inferiority
complex.
Children should be learning
cleanliness
from the home environ–
ment. They should be learning
friendliness
by social contacts and
events-from group outings to borne
entertaining to dining out. They
should be building confidence,
enthusiasm , a happy , positive
approach. By their actions, they
should be displaying a deep honoring
of parents and respect for all elders.
They should be learning to follow
instructions by completing house–
hold chores and tasks. At their level,
they should be learning to
work
for
results, staying with a task until it is
completed successfully.
Children should be taught to
accept criticism.
Your child will
need your comfort when criticized,
but he or she must learn to make
necessary correction when wrong
and forget the sting of criticism.
Your love will help.
If parents let down in these areas,
the child will become unresponsive
both to his parents and his teachers
at school. He'll become an expert at
tuning out- he' ll ignore directions
and adjust poorly
to
situations.
Be Highly lnterested
Parents should be highly interested
in their child and all his interests.
This shouldn' t be just a casual dis–
play-young minds quickly discern
the difference: When "Daddy, will
you play with me?" is asked, the
-response, too often, is usually a wea-
ry, "Not now, I'm too tired." Or "In
a minute, son," hoping sorne other
interest will soon occupy him.
Take time to play with your
child. lt shows your child that you
love him and accept his world.
Also, you can see the progress he's
making--on a regular basis.
Children should be allowed to
play near you when you are work–
ing, even though this leads to inter–
ruptions. Our job as parents is to
train our children. Answering their
questions is a necessary part of this
responsibility.
When the questions come at a
moment that you cannot answer,
have the child wait. Thís is valuable
training for school and later life.
1t
develops patience and control. It is
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