TIPS TO BE A GOOD MOM
It goes without saying that mothers have an important role to play in their children's lives.
Here are a few tips on how you can be a better parent to your child:
Respect and value your child :
- Always respect your children -- respect and listen to their views and values, their opinions.
- Give them your complete attention when they want to talk to you.
- Put whatever activity you are engaged in on hold, and if that's not possible, set a time for when you can chat, and make sure to stick to it.
- Encourage your children every opportunity you get.
- Make them feel special and express your love for them often.
- Hug them, kiss them and say 'I love you' everyday, not just when they are young but also as they grow older.
- Let them feel your love and affection as often as you can.
Talk to your kids :
- Conversing with children is the best way to influence their ability and love for learning.
- Children who are spoken to often as infants will understand more words when they are toddlers and pre-schoolers than others.
- Communication also strengthens the mother-child bond and eases out the communication barriers, even as kids grow older.
Have fun with them :
- Mothers are so busy with their day-to-day routines that they forget to have fun with their children.
- Take out one-on-one time to enjoy with your child.
- Do something that both of you like -- indulge in outdoor games, art and craft, board games, go for a walk, chat, cook -- do anything at all that makes you feel good.
- Laugh together, tickle each other, dance, sing songs, just have FUN!
Read to your little ones :
- Reading to your children is the best way to inculcate a reading habit in them, which leads to a love of learning as they grow older.
- Reading also creates an emotional bond between parent and the child, whether it's lap-time reading, bedtime reading or any other way of doing it that you both enjoy.
- Moreover, it develops their imagination, creativity, vocabulary and communication skills.
To Be Continued ....
Source : DSDG
