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Virtues for all Kids - Table of Contents |
Teaching Kids Good Character Skills |
All kids need
help from those caring and watching out for them to learn how to make
best choices and develop good character. Kids with learning
disabilities may need more support in character development to work
around physical, social or mental shortcomings.
What is good character? One definition is the strength of will to make
decisions and carry out plans that yield the best result for everyone
concerned.
I've written a collection of social skills found in the ebook / book below, Yoga for all Kids, Preschoolers to Teens that breaks apart many aspects of developing character to the degree possible for kids over a range of abilities.
Kids learn best from the models they see, including parents and other
family members, teachers and mentors, to name a few. As kids grow and
mature we can expect that their ability to make better decisions and
become wiser will increase and compound. That is a good reason for
being a good role model for kids even when they are toddlers.
It does a child a great service while young and later to model good
character. It is a lot easier to go through life walking down a smooth
road, then stumbling over boulders and obstacles of unkind or wrong
actions and having to deal with the unpleasant consequences.
Is it enough to be a good role model? I have found that being and
acting like I want my kids to be is most of it, but also taking time to
discuss the reason results go wrong is the other part of character
training.
Because kids are in the process of growing up and still learning on all
levels it is important to dive deep into sticky issues and resolve
them, so the issues don't compound into adulthood.
If a child has a bad habit that affects others, for example, saying a
put down or other negative response to another's success, it is really
important to nip it in the bud before the child automatically says put
downs rather than positive words of admiration or appreciation.
Negative thoughts lead to negative words and actions. Rather, turn
around the negativity by telling the child it feels better and makes
them personally a happier person by substituting kind thoughts and
words when a negative thought creeps into their mind.
In summary, the combination of modeling good character traits
and social skills with explaining on a deeper level as kids grow leads
to good character development by adulthood.
more virtues are in this ebook / book:
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