5 things parents need to apply if they want their children to become kind people
Raising children successfully is not only about raising them to be healthy and successful in their careers, but also about raising them to be responsible and compassionate people. To do so, parents should apply the following methods.
1. Encourage children to participate in volunteer activities
Volunteering is considered a great way for children to develop feelings for people around them. Encourage or join your children in some volunteer activities so that they can feel the real joy of doing good for others. You can start by helping the elderly, the lonely people around your family.
2. Share with people who are less fortunate
Show your children more difficult circumstances, friends of the same age who have struggled to make a living, lacking food, clothes, etc. Encourage your children to donate toys, clothes, books, and money they can save to charity. Through this idea, children will learn to share their belongings to help others. When children help their peers and feel the joy of giving love, they will be awakened and nurtured with compassion in their souls, gradually perfecting their personalities.
3. Maintain public hygiene and protect the environment
Teach children never to litter. They can even pick up trash and throw it in designated bins. Do not break flower branches, step on plants, write or carve names on walls in the classroom or in public areas. At the same time, encourage them to participate in activities in their neighborhood such as cleaning up the streets, helping the elderly cross the street, etc. to help children gradually develop awareness and responsibility for living in the community and performing useful actions for those around them.
4. Assign children to do housework to help their parents.
Children need to understand that they are also members of the family, living under the same roof, and their responsibility is to help their parents with housework. Assign age-appropriate tasks to your children from an early age, such as making their own beds, cleaning up their toys after playing, clearing the dining table, wiping the table, sweeping the floor, washing the dishes, etc. You should monitor and reward your children for completing their tasks. Your children will feel proud when they share housework with their parents.
In addition to the above, teach and guide children to do the following from an early age so that their personality can be shaped early:
- Say “please” and “thank you” everywhere, in every situation.
- Teach your child never to participate in bullying another child.
- Teach your children how to decide on relationships with people based on personality, not skin color, gender, or ethnicity.
- Treat animals kindly. Don't allow children to abuse them.
- Say “sorry”. Children need to understand the importance of taking responsibility when they do wrong.
- Forgive. Never hold a grudge.
- Smiling is a virtue of kindness and it has a “contagious” effect.
- Besides, parents should become a role model for children.
Parents’ behavior has a strong impact on their children’s personality. Children learn a lot from the gestures and behaviors they observe from adults. Instead of just telling your children about the benefits of caring and helping others, you should be a pioneer in doing this activity regularly so that your children can observe and follow.
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