One common goal most parents share is to raise a responsible child.
This takes a lot of focus and practice, especially since children don’t just become ready to face the world as soon as they turn 18 and leave the nest.
If children have no practice behaving responsibly and independently prior to them going out on their own, they don’t have the tools they need to make responsible choices.
HOW TO RAISE A RESPONSIBLE CHILD
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Raising a responsible child doesn’t have to be difficult, it just requires a little work and lots of dedication.
START YOUNG
The sooner you begin teaching your children responsibility the better.
Don’t wait until they become teenagers to start attempting to teach them.
Your children can be taught small lessons in responsibility when they are toddlers.
LET THEM HELP
Allow your little ones to help with household duties, even if it makes the task take a little longer to reach completion.
When you let your children help sort the laundry, dry the dishes and even feed their pets, they learn valuable life skills they will need for the future, teaching them to be responsible for their own duties and tasks.
PRAISE FOR RESPONSIBILITY
When you notice your children acting in a responsible way, it’s important to provide praise and positive reinforcement.
As our children are learning responsibility, they need to be shown that acting in a responsible manner has a positive outcome.
ALLOW NATURAL CONSEQUENCES
While it is only natural that parents want to protect their children, shielding them from the natural consequences of their irresponsible behavior only teaches them that someone will always rescue them from their bad choices.
Allow safe, natural consequences to take place when your children behave irresponsibly.
If they don’t complete a project on time, don’t do it for them, allow them to fail.
This is a hard lesson for kids, but one they need to experience to become more responsible and independent.
Raising a responsible child doesn’t have to be difficult.
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Check out these books to read with your kids to teach them about responsibility:
Do I Have To?: Kids Talk About Responsibility
But It’s Not My Fault! (Responsible Me!)
Just make sure that you start young, let them help, praise them for responsible choices and allow natural consequences to occur.
This is a learning experience for both you and your children.
Not only will your children learn to be more responsible, but you as their parents will learn exactly what they are capable of.
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