Devoloping Social Skills for Childrens

The social skills of your child are as important as his or her health and intelligence. Obviously, the path to social and emotional maturity is not always smooth, and parents and teachers have a great role to play in helping the child along.

Every child experiences a need to make connections with his or her peers. He or she wants to be liked and to have playmates. Help the child understand that friendships function within a system of rules related to sharing, supporting and taking turns. Most of these essential social skills do not come naturally to a young child and he or she has to learn them. A useful tip might be to encourage playing board games at home. You might need to supervise your child and his or her friends to ensure that they stick to the rules.

There are other aspects too related to the development of social skills like independence, a sense of right and wrong and self esteem. All it takes is a little encouraging push and the child is ready to accept the right cues for instance at this age a child is read to understand that lying is bad thus developing a value system in his mind. You could also discourage socially unacceptable behavior like interrupting and cutting into conversations. If the child butts in when you are in mid-sentence, continue talking until you have finished and then let him speak.

Your child is fast becoming his or her own person with unique characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. This individuality will become apparent in all areas. Understand him or her and play an active role in your child’s growth.

First steps in Dressing up..

Parents   running after nursery school children .trying to put on their school uniforms are a common sight in many households. Some children dislike the task of putting on their clothes. Others insist that a parent   do it for him or her.

  

How can we make a child put on his or her   clothes independently?  Convince them that dressing up is a fun game!  When it is performed like games a child will take interest in it. Make your child the most important person in this game.  But parents usually say impatiently, “stand still while I put your clothes on.”

Children do not like standing still like a statue. Their quick minds want to do something all the time. Put this principle to work in this dressing up game.

 For example instead of putting on the whole of your child’s shirt yourself you can just put on one sleeve and leave the other sleeve for your child to do. After your child puts on his or her shirt, you should congratulate him or her.

You can show your child how to do up his or her buttons correctly. In the beginning, your child will not do up the buttons in the right way. But after some mistakes, he or she will learn to do things correctly.

You can also sing some rhymes, as you get your child dressed. Another way is to make dressing up a competitive game. Count till 15, and if the child finishes within this time, he or she gets an A. if the child takes time till 20, he or she scores a B, and so on.

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Being a Good Father

The word parenting quite often brings to mind the image of a mother taking pains to bring up a little one in the proper way. But a father has an equally important role to play in effective parenting.

What is your concept of a good father? Gone are the days when a good father was one who sat authoritatively reading a newspaper, ruling the children with strong hand.Modern experts in child psychology say that fathers have a crucial role to play in the development of a child’s personality? A father definitely needs to take an extra step in building a relationship with his child, and special efforts to spend quality time with him or her. Of course being an ideal father is not as simple as it sounds.

What do your children expect from their dad? They want you to listen what they say. And listen very carefully. Never treat your children’s problems lightly, or brush them aside.

To be a good father, be a good role model for the child,too.Losing your temper without reason, using foul language while scolding, and quarrelling frequently with your wife are all things that upset or create fear of your child. A child loves a cheerful, smiling father.

As a father you can also provide great help in developing the social skills of your child. Take him or her on short walks, or to shops. Just watching you talk to others in a pleasant way can give him or her, a great amount of confidence to interact with others.

An ideal father should be able to give equal affection to his children without discriminating between a son and a daughter. Playing with your children, making friends with them, are all activities that help your children to build strong bond with you.