Posted on December 17, 2007 in Latest News
Children start lying from a very young age and you need to discourage those habits ever since the day you catch them doing so. Don’t take your child’s story telling habits lightly.
You can ignore this habit of your child till s/he is 3 but once the kid is above three he need to be taught certain habits which will help the child understand gradually the difference between the right and wrong. At the early stage the right and wrong is a matter of habit and these habits get etched into the child’s mind as the child reaches the age of 9-10.
By the age of nine children form certain values. These values are inculcated in them by their parents or responsible adults and the earlier they are trained into it better the results. If you found your adolescent stealing and lying you need to work harder to bring the child back to normal fold. This is a difficult task but not impossible.
Steps to stop your young one from lying:
- Do not put pressure on your kids to become a topper or whatever. Instead encourage them to do well.
- Place importance in doing things in a better and effective manner rather than placing emphasis on outcomes. If you lay emphasis on outcomes your child is likely to take shortcuts to success. If he fails to success he will resort to lying
- If you caught him lying sit with the child and tell him/her that both of you know that s/he is lying and that there is nothing wrong in failures and that failures are steps to success. Nobody fulfilled his/her dreams in one day. It is matter of hard work, perseverance, faith, courage and the will to succeed that leads one to success
- Don’t criticize him. Tell him that you are sorry and that your child has died and that you would expect better behavior from your children as a parent and that if your child that his success and failure has got nothing to do with your love for him/her
What to do when s/he is stealing?
- Tell your children about the grave consequences of stealing
- If your child has stolen something warn your children of the consequences and escort your child to the place from where s/he has stolen the object
- Tell your child that there is no dignity in stealing and that s/he should work hard to achieve things in life. Tell them also that you did not have even few things of all the things which you have presented to your children
- If you think that you can afford what your child wants and that it is something your child need to have tell him/her that you would gift them only if they behaved properly. Sometimes rewards encourage children to do good things
- Don’t make the mistake of fulfilling all the wished of your children as it would be difficult to accept a NO from you in future
- Hide your children’s favorite toy or dress or cap and wait till your children tell you that how they feel on missing it. Tell them then that this is how the other person felt on losing his/her toy and hand over the object that you kept hidden so long. Your child would feel guilty and will ask you to accompany you while returning the object. If your child is unwilling to return the object, ask him/her to be brave in returning it so and that by doing so s/he would not repeat the activity as it would hurt the ego of the child to feel guilty once again.
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