The following tips can help you discovery,
foster and support distinctive characters and personalities of your children.
Some of the same-ages of your children can
have similar characters but, you have to always remind yourself that your
children are different. They are distinctive individuals with their own
personalities.
1. Get to know your children’s characters
Find
out what makes your children different from others.
You should spend more time on your children
to observe and discover their distinctive characters that show up when they
play, study, eat or talk.
Find out what makes your children different
from others. That will help you to have better image about your children’s
characters.
2. Recognize children’s advantage
You can easily recognize your children’s
advantage by observing them. Your children can be good at words, art or music….
However, you also need to reconsider
whether those advantages of your children are real or they are the results of
your imaginations. By recognizing the real advantages, you can help your
children form their characters and burst out their advantages.
3. Encourage children to do what they care about
What
parents need to do is to get to know their children’s favorites, interests and
supports children’s developments.
Bringing activities of playing and learning
into convenient environments so that children can be free to express them self
is one of the most effective ways to promote children’s characters.
Those activities will help children to
express their characters, talents and point of view. Therefore, what parents
need to do is to get to know their children’s favorites, interests and supports
children’s developments.
4. Give children compliments when they gain certain achievements
The appreciation and supports of parents to
children’s achievement in any major play important parts in children’s positive
developments.
To anything, children hope to be praised
and proud by their parents. For that reason, you may want to reconsider about
your children’s improvements. Sometimes, a simple compliment can help children
be more confident.
5. Avoid making comparison between your children and other kids
Comparing is the most popular mistake of
parents when educating children.
Some parents think that their comparison
will be a good stimulation for children. In some cases, comparing can bring
positive effects like when you tell them they are as good, intelligent as their
friends….
Respect
and encourage them to show their potentials.
However, in most cases, comparing just
makes children feel like being assimilated, which makes children lose
confidences and afraid of expressing themselves.
6. Let children be free in developing their skills
You should let your children show their
talents despite the major relating or your will.
For example, you want your children to be
engineers or doctors but in fact, they are art-gifted. That’s alright. Respect
and encourage them to show their potentials.
