Parenting Skills Blog ~ Parenting Tips for Building a Conscience in Kids

"Building Character Starts with Getting Your Kids To Talk."

Parenting Tips by Jean Tracy, MSS, for grades K-6:

Do you wonder if your child is developing a conscience? Would you like some parenting advice? Inside you'll find a tip to help your child build character through self-reflection.

Parenting Tips for Building a Conscience through Self-Reflection:

Children with solid characters develop healthy consciences. That means helping them pay attention to that inner voice or feeling when they make moral decisions. Consider discussing and role-playing this dilemma.

"Pretend that you've been lying to get out of trouble. Your parents found out you were late because you played video games at your friend's house. You told them the coach helped you with your dribbling after basketball practice. Your parents are starting to distrust you."

5 Parenting Questions to Ask Your Kids:

1. Will you keep telling lies? Why or why not?
2. Have you ever told lies to get out of trouble?
3. If so, how did you feel about yourself?
4. Even if you get in trouble, how could telling the truth make you feel good?
5. You have an inner voice and feeling inside you. They nudge you to do the right thing. What can you do to pay attention to that inner voice or feeling?

Teaching your child to self-reflect by paying attention to that inner voice, helps your child build a healthy conscience. Use dilemma discussions. Role-play both the wrong thing and right thing to do. This will help your child self-reflect and become a person of character.

Become an expert parent. Discuss and role-play this dilemma with your kids today. If you'd like 50 more dilemmas to discuss with your kids, check out my:

Dilemma Discussion Kit.

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Best wishes for your parenting success,

Jean

Jean Tracy, MSS

Comments

[Jean Tracy, MSS]

Dear TPZ,

Thanks for your support and kind words.

With warm wishes,

Jean

[healthwatchcenter]

Hi Tracy,

Great tips...thank you for sharing...

The most effective parenting advice is actively listening to child.

This parenting advice can be a difficult task some times because of our own busy life.

TPZ
http://www.theparentszone.com/category/parenting-tips/