"Building Character Starts with Getting Your Kids To Talk."
Parenting Tips by Jean Tracy, MSS, for grades K-6:
Today's parenting tip comes from our Parenting Skills Kit. When parents treat their children with kindness and firmness they give respect. Today's parenting skill adds to that respect.
This Parenting Skill Builds Respect in Parents and Kids:
Listen respectfully to your child. When you listen with respect it doesn't mean you have to listen to every word, especially if you have a chatterbox on your hands. You might have to teach your talkative child to be a listener too.
We all have one mouth and two ears. Why? So we'll listen more than talk.
Listening with respect means that you look into your child's eyes, repeat some of your child's words, and ask questions to further your understanding. Listening in this way shows you really care. Think about it. Wouldn't you want people to treat you this way? Your child does too.
Parenting Skills Conclusion:
Listening with respect teaches your child to do the same with you and with others. Try it. I bet your respectful listening will bring you and your child even closer. Remember, building character starts with getting your kids to talk.
Do you have a respectful way of listening to your child? Let me know by emailing me at http://www.kidsdiscuss.com/contact.asp If I use your idea, I will send you a surprise.
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