Just like change, failure is an unavoidable part of life While we adults hopefully already know the way to handle life's ups and downs, our kids usually don't. Often parents find themselves thinking how to prepare their school aged youngsters to address life's setbacks.
For parents following are some of the techniques on how to prevent your kid from being afraid of failure:
Boost your child's confidence. Without a feeling of inner worth it's impossible to accept failures. Trust in your child's abilities and teach her or him that winning does not necessarily imply coming first. Winning is doing your very best in whatever you do. Nobody is perfect and nobody can guarantee an error-free performance each and every time. We cannot and should not expect it from our youngsters. When a child is trusted to do the right thing, she or he has the best prospects of gaining confidence.
Give your youngster the freedom to fail. Even small children can greatly be affected by the dread of getting something "wrong". Yet it is natural to make mistakes. Without mistakes we can't learn. So explicitly give your kid permission to fail. Tell them that there actually is no failure. A mistake is simply learning how not to do something the next time around and thus a very useful thing to do.
Teach your child to always look at the bright side. Being upbeat and positive are attributes that you need to pass on to your youngsters. When your youngster has a positive attitude to life, he will be able to accept failure without losing sight of the positive goals still ahead. Success is a journey and a process to grow and become a more complete person. When one has a good outlook towards life, depression is prevented which is all too common nowadays even in small children.
Lead by example. Children follow their mother and father. How you act seriously affects what sort of character your child develops. Ensure that you are able to accept failure such as loss of a job. When your child sees that you are able to handle life's challenges, then he will not be frightened of failure, either. Because he's got observed that failure and setbacks are nothing to get too unsettled about.
Help your youngster defeat their fear of failure since fear is essentially the one thing we should really be afraid of...
For parents following are some of the techniques on how to prevent your kid from being afraid of failure:
Boost your child's confidence. Without a feeling of inner worth it's impossible to accept failures. Trust in your child's abilities and teach her or him that winning does not necessarily imply coming first. Winning is doing your very best in whatever you do. Nobody is perfect and nobody can guarantee an error-free performance each and every time. We cannot and should not expect it from our youngsters. When a child is trusted to do the right thing, she or he has the best prospects of gaining confidence.
Give your youngster the freedom to fail. Even small children can greatly be affected by the dread of getting something "wrong". Yet it is natural to make mistakes. Without mistakes we can't learn. So explicitly give your kid permission to fail. Tell them that there actually is no failure. A mistake is simply learning how not to do something the next time around and thus a very useful thing to do.
Teach your child to always look at the bright side. Being upbeat and positive are attributes that you need to pass on to your youngsters. When your youngster has a positive attitude to life, he will be able to accept failure without losing sight of the positive goals still ahead. Success is a journey and a process to grow and become a more complete person. When one has a good outlook towards life, depression is prevented which is all too common nowadays even in small children.
Lead by example. Children follow their mother and father. How you act seriously affects what sort of character your child develops. Ensure that you are able to accept failure such as loss of a job. When your child sees that you are able to handle life's challenges, then he will not be frightened of failure, either. Because he's got observed that failure and setbacks are nothing to get too unsettled about.
Help your youngster defeat their fear of failure since fear is essentially the one thing we should really be afraid of...
About the Author:
Thomas Brand is an IT Software Designer and dad of 2 primary school aged children. He created the intelligent math fact game MathRider to help kids master mathematics early on and improve their confidence in the process.Discover how by visiting http://mathrider.com/trial.php and get the free trial.