Your Child is Watching You. Beware!
Parents have tremendous responsibility of bringing up a child. They have to set an example. They must perform activities, which their children can also carry out. Children imitate their parents. They do the same things that their parents do. Why is this so?
Why Children Watch Parents?
- Children like to do what their parents do. Parents are their role models. They think they are right
- Parents often teach their children things that they do not practice. Children do not carry them out or find it confusing as their parents are not doing them
- If parents are behaving in a particular manner than children also behave in similar fashion. If a parent yells too much, the child also yells. They imitate their parents
- Parents need to set up an example in front of their children. They should behave sensibly and not behave like a child themselves
- Children develop manners by observing their parents. Parents need to be courteous and speak appropriately
- Punishment should also be given judiciously to children. Children are always watching whether their parents are approving their behavior or not. If they are punished, then they stop a particular behavior. If not then they carry on, as they feel their parents have approved it
- Watching T.V too much may not be good. Children also do the same thing. Too much T.V. watching for children is not good.
- Parents should always be confident before their children. If they are nervous, then their children also grow up to be nervous. Children watch their parents being nervous and feel it is right to be nervous
- Even the choices of clothes also matter to the children. They watch what their parents wear. They also would like to wear similar clothes
Children watch their parents. They imitate their parents. They like to behave like their parents. Parents should be conscious of how they react to a given situation. Children also react accordingly. Parents need to be a role model to their children.