Five Simple Ways to Teach Your Kid to Be Kind

Posted on August 3, 2007 in Latest News

Parents always want their children to be the best. But to be the best one has to practice to

be the best. In the same way kindness comes from practice. Parents are best people to train

kids; the thought of kindness has to be instilled in a child by the parents.

Luckily some simple, efficient technique can help your kid to grow up as a kind human being.

Here are five techniques that parents can use:

1. Assist your child in telling his or her own view.

First and foremost kids have to understand their own feelings in order to understand the

feelings of others. When kids are young the only feelings they understand is ‘happy’ and

‘sad’. Later they will learn the other strong feelings. So, when a child has a strong

feeling, we can lay a base for kindness by helping our child put their feelings into words.

2. Assist your child in understanding facial expressions and body language.

Help your child understand the different emotions emoted and body languages seen. You can

show pictures and tell them about the emotions that are emoted and the body languages used.

You can also play a game with your child. Put down different emotions and body languages on

paper and enact it and let your child guess it. This exercise can help them to understand

various expressions.

3. Talk about how actions control feelings.

Talk to your child about how actions can control feelings. For example, a word of kindness

can bring a smile on the face of the other person. You can also tell how a small mistake a

break a person’s heart. A small mistake could be ignoring them without your knowledge.

4. Offer models of kindness.

When you show kindness to your children, you are not only giving emotional support but also

a role model that they can follow. It is very important to show kindness to kids when they

commit a mistake unintentionally. May be when they hurt someone without their knowledge you

need to make them understand their mistake.

You can also point out real-life examples of kindness in stories, in the past, in our

locality or in our faith society.

5. Provide ample training.

Never let go of any opportunity to show examples of kindness. Maybe you see someone helping

a physically challenged person to cross the road, show your child and explain to your child

the need to help someone who is disabled. Make them understand that their act of kindness

can bring a smile to the disabled person.
The more we involve our children to act kindly, the better they understand the need to be

kind.

Remember- your child will imitate your actions so make sure you act kindly if you want your

child to be kind.

Whenever your child does any act of kindness appreciate them or reward them.
Always remember that you are guiding your child to a better future by helping them learn the art of kindness.

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3 Responses to “Five Simple Ways to Teach Your Kid to Be Kind”

  1. gayathri.manikutty Says:

    excellant, please read these advises and try to impliment for Madhu baby.

  2. khushboo sultan Says:

    I REALLY DO AGREE WITH THE WAYS THAT U HAVE SUBMITTED OVER GERE…THEY R REALLY EFFECTIVE……..

  3. tina Says:

    I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL SUMMARIZED ,INTERESTING , ALIVE, UPDATED AND EDUCATED IDEAS AND THOUGHTS. I WILL USE THEM WITH MY CHILDREN AND MY STUDENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU AGAIN AD AGAIN.

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