Developing Your Child's Self DisciplineWritten by Anil Vij
Self-discipline is ability to set a realistic goal or make a plan--then stick with it. It is ability to resist doing things that can hurt others or ourselves. It involves keeping promises and following through on commitments. It is foundation of many other qualities of character. Often self-discipline requires persistence and sticking to long-term commitments--putting off immediate pleasure for later fulfillment.It also includes dealing effectively with emotions, such as anger and envy, and developing patience.Learning self-discipline helps children regulate their behavior and gives them willpower to make good decisions and choices. On other hand, failure to develop self-discipline leaves children wide open to destructive behavior. Without ability to control or evaluate their impulses, they often dive headlong into harmful situations.
| | Teaching Your Child CourageWritten by Anil Vij
Courage is ability to overcome fear in order to do what is right, even if it is difficult or risky. Courage can mean facing physical dangers, but it also can mean standing up for beliefs and making hard decisions on basis of evidence rather than on what is easy or popular thing to do. It means being neither reckless nor cowardly but facing up to our duties and responsibilities. Courage, however, does not mean never being afraid; and children should be told that there are times when it is all right to be frightened and to run away from danger. But they also need to learn how to face and overcome some fears, such as a fear of dark. What You Can Do · Coach your child on how to be brave. Praise him when he acts courageously (but never ridicule him for any reason--ridicule can have long-lasting effects on a child's self-confidence).
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