Cultivating Positive Character in Children from an Early Age

Every child is born with a unique personality and is different for each individual. However, where he grows up plays a big role in shaping his character as a good child in the future.

Therefore, parents, siblings, and teachers have a big role to play in teaching children to develop positive traits or personality.

The portion of character formation in the life journey of every human being is very important, forming character from an early age will be very, very influential in determining how a person's life will be in the future, whoever the person is, whatever the job, if they have a positive character, they will definitely have more value compared to those who do not. have a positive character. Therefore positive character must be started from an early age so that it can be a provision when navigating a very dynamic life, a strong, courageous and not giving up character will greatly help anyone in living life, positive character can be applied in any profession, whether a businessmen, educators, or other professions, as we know in recent times many humans do not have a positive character so it can easily occur problems caused by human activities who do not have a positive character in themselves.

The following are tips on how to form a child's character that is good and positive, strong and confident

-Don't label children, When we label children or certain behaviors, unconsciously it makes children believe that he is like that, this should be avoided because it will make children close themselves off and lazy to explore which can cause children to be low self-esteem, remember to always be careful in using words to our children.

-Let children play, at this time it is quite difficult to find games that can teach positive values ​​such as sharing, caring, team spirit, and resilience in children, but we can still instill these values ​​by exercising while playing.

Sports and games are the best personality development activities for children, unfortunately there are still many parents today who forbid their children from playing in the field and even limit the scope of children not to play outside the home/field even though this is very important for children's physical and mental health. whole

-Be gentle and patient with the shortcomings that children have, many parents expect their children to excel in various things they do when their children do not meet their expectations, some parents express their disappointment in many ways,

Even sometimes accusing children of not being competent enough, it is important to remember that every child has their own uniqueness which we need to encourage to develop their positive character with gentle words and treatment to be able to correct the child's shortcomings without reducing self-confidence in the child.

-Do not compare children, Comparing children with siblings, friends, relatives, neighbors, this can damage the child's personality, this habit can give a message that he is not good enough.

-Be a model of the right behavior, children will learn from what they see, therefore as adults who are near our children must always set positive examples in their daily lives, for example from small things such as tidying the bedroom, being polite to people around us, then unconsciously our children will also do what we do too

-Be a good listener, preschoolers and toddlers will express themselves more by speaking, especially when their language skills are developing, as parents we must be more patient in listening to stories from our children.

- Limit the time children watch television and play gadgets, Playing gadgets and watching television excessively can affect children's intellectual and social development which will make children tend to have less social interaction in the environment around children.

-Encourage children's independence, Encourage children to carry out their daily activities independently with minimum parental supervision, this can develop children's independence and children's good habits in daily life

-Apply a gentle parenting style, reprimanding or hurting a child physically when a child makes a mistake can make things worse for that, try to be patient and explain the consequences if the child makes a mistake, this will be much more effective to provide more positive changes, with words and actions that are Gentle will set a good example for children too.

I hope what I wrote can be useful and thank you for reading.