In today's fast paced world, we are living in such a rush that we don't even have enough time to slow down to catch our breath. On top of that, the lack of positive perspective and social conditioning is not helping any further to ease the life.
When a baby is born, from the very childhood he/she is taught to compete for everything be it school or at home.
What we need exactly is to inculcate the habit of gratitude and positive affirmations from the beginning. Childhood is that time when the mind of a kid is shaped as per the surroundings that includes behaviors of the people around, habits in the family, certain personalized rituals at home and how the parents communicate with the kids.
Below are some of the ways to teach the attitude of gratitude from the very childhood and to shape the mind in a positive way.
1. Things to be grateful for : Make it a ritual or a habit at home to verbally list at least 5 things everyday to be grateful for. Sit with your child and ask them to list out 5 to 10 things they are grateful for and feel happy for that particular day.
2. Magical Affirmations : Engage in speaking with your kids using positive affirmations, for e.g. teach your kids to believe in themselves, to tell them how amazing, perfect and loved they are. Play a game with your kid where ask them to list few positive things about themselves and affirm it in front of a mirror.
3. Do not compare : Sometimes parents end up comparing their kids which affects the kids self esteem. We do not want to do that but unconsciously we end up damaging their confidence, self esteem and they start believing that they are not worthy. Maybe the kid is not aware of these limiting beliefs at that time but once the kid grows up to face the world, those suppressed feelings start coming up affecting their lives in a big way. So before saying anything mean to your kid in a heat of the moment, do stop and think what effects it will have in long run.
4. Do not criticize : The same goes for criticizing your kids. When we keep repeating to our kids some negative comments like you are useless, you are not smart, you are not perfect, these affects their life on a large scale so be very aware and mindful of how you are conversing with you kid, what all you say throughout the day.
5. Meditation : Teach your kid to meditate from the very childhood. Make it like a game of visualizing where you are guiding your kid to visualize for e.g. playing in a park, riding a pony, going to a chocolate factory and eating delicious chocolates or whatever your kid likes doing. This way you teaching them the power visualization and meditation at the same time.
Kids are like an uncarved wood, so pure, taking in the world as they come, so we might as well lead time to a better future with the attitude of gratitude and positivity.
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