Good manners are considered as the basis skills which has to be taught to the children. Manners keep their life in discipline and help them to excel in the future.
Parents are the mirror of a child. From the birth , mother and father are the two people who spends most of the time with him/her. All the actions done by them, words spoken, behavior are minutely observed by them.
Have you ever wondered how did your child learn to eat? How did he/she learnt to talk in the language you talk? How has the child learnt to show anger? All these art they have learnt from you? So to teach them good manners first you need to implement it on you.
1. Through Actions : keep things in its place is one good manner, you surely want to teach your child. But how? My idea to teach is don't teach. I mean to say that don't keep telling them keep your things back. You show them in action. When you take a book to read ,after reading keep it back in the proper place and while doing that you need to say I always keep my things in the proper place and same thing you need to do with each and every thing every time. And you will be wondered to see your child will start doing the same.
2. Through Affirmations : This is the one of the best method to teach good manners to your child. You can create a corner of affirmations in the house. You can also stick/hang these posters of affirmations in the nursery. So every time you accompany your child to the nursery or the corner, you read out those affirmations to them. you can write like : I am a good boy/girl. I respect my elders. I am strong. I eat my food completely etc. When you repeat positive things again and again , brain fixes it and starts working accordingly.
3. Through Role play : If you feel, there is any manner like always speak the truth. You want to teach your child, but all your attempts are failing. You can try this method. You can call his/her friends and have this activity with them. Even you yourself can roleplay with your child including the family members also. How movies create impact in an adult's mind, similarly roleplays are very impactful on children.
4. Through Moral Stories : Don't wait for your child to grow, read them one story everyday since their infanthood. you can repeat one story for a week or a month even, But stories are also a very wonderful method of teaching manners to the children. You can even narrate them stories with voice modulations. Try to include characters known to your child. When the characters are familiar children love to hear the story and they analyze it too.
Tell me in the comment box, how have you applied it to your toddler and also share your ideas of teaching manners to the children.
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