How to educate children to take care of themselves?
Before their children enter kindergarten, parents have taken care of their children\’s daily chores. However, as their children grow up, it becomes increasingly important to educate their children to take care of themselves. Self-care ability is one of the key skills for children in later life, and it also helps to enhance children\’s sense of independence and self-confidence. Here are a few ways to teach your children to take care of themselves.
1. Omit tedious things
Parents can omit some tedious things within the scope of their children\’s adaptability and let their children do it themselves. For example, in kindergarten, children need to lift their own school bags, pack away their toys, etc. These things sound simple, but for young children, this is really a good way to cultivate self-care ability. Parents can also let their children put away their toys at home, wear their own clothes and shoes, help organize their own things, etc. These small things will help children understand the importance of taking care of themselves and self-care ability.
2. Shopping with children
When you go shopping with your children, you can let them make some choices, such as letting them choose their favorite colors and shapes, or letting them pick out the items they need. Parents can guide and help their children to push the cart in the supermarket and buy vegetables and fruits. This is also a form of self-care ability training, and it also allows the children to feel that they are helping parents share some of the burden.
3. Cleaning
Hygiene self-care is also a very important part of self-care ability. Parents can place hygiene tools, such as mops, brooms, garbage bags, etc., where children can access them at appropriate times. When children unfold their day and night quilts, let them do simple hygiene and cleaning tasks, such as taking out the trash, mopping the floor, etc. Parents can provide guidance and guidance to their children. Through such activities, children can learn to keep the environment clean and tidy and develop good hygiene habits.
4. Emphasize children’s independence
Most parents like to do things for their children, but this is very detrimental to their children\’s ability to take care of themselves. If a child does something wrong, parents can give the child a chance to learn to recover from the mistake on his or her own without reducing the child\’s abilities. Emphasizing children\’s independence can help children know how to handle their own affairs, which is very beneficial to cultivating children\’s self-care ability and self-confidence.
Sharing common sense
1. Give your child a countdown
When doing things, you might as well use a timer to give your child a countdown. About 1 minute is enough for young children. After the timer is over, the children will be proud of their performance, so it is necessary to give the children certain rewards in the original agreement.
2. Let your child sing while washing
Assisting children with washing is a difficult task. Young children simply cannot focus on something for a long time. You can liven things up by letting your children sing while washing.
3. Teach your children 1 essential life skill every day
Let the children learn one thing every dayEssential life skills. This skill can be how to use an emergency phone, or how to watch a medical machine at once, or how to pour water. In short, select small action-themed tasks based on the actual situation, so that the child can improve by 1 point every day.
Summary
Educating children to take care of themselves is not only beneficial to their future lives, but also helps them learn to be independent and confident. Parents can cultivate children from different aspects, such as omitting tedious things, taking their children to go shopping, cleaning, and emphasizing their children\’s independence. In terms of educating children on self-care abilities, there are also some common senses, such as giving children a countdown, letting them sing while washing, and teaching children an essential life skill every day. I hope that the above methods and common sense can help parents better educate their children to take care of themselves, so that their children can grow up happily.
