Things to Teach Your Children at Early Age

Here is a list of things you need to teach your child(ren) at early age:

1. Warn your Girl Child Never to sit on anyone's laps no matter the situation including uncles.

2. Avoid Getting Dressed in front of your child once he/she is 2 years old. Learn to excuse them or yourself.

3. Never allow any adult refer to your child as 'my wife' or 'my husband'

4. Whenever your child goes out to play with friends make sure you look for a way to find out what kind of play they do, because young people now sexually abuse themselves.

5. Never force your child to visit any adult he or she is not comfortable with and also be observant if your child becomes too fond of a particular adult.

6. Once a very lively child suddenly becomes withdrawn you may need to patiently ask lots of questions from your child.

7. Carefully educate your grown ups about the right values of sex . If you don't, the society will teach them the wrong values.

8. It is always advisable you go through any new Material like cartoons you just bought for them before they start seeing it themselves.

9. Ensure you activate parental controls on your cable networks and advice your friends especially those your child(ren) visit(s) often.

10. Teach your 3-year-olds how to wash their private parts properly and warn them never to allow anyone touch those areas and that
includes you (remember, charity begins from home and with you).

11. Blacklist some materials/associates you think could threaten the sanity of your child (this includes music, movies and even friends and families).

12. Let your child(ren) understand the value of standing out of the
crowd.

13. Once your child complains about a particular person, don't keep quiet about it.

Take up the case and show them you can defend them.

Remember, we are either parents or parents-to-be.

Have a Nice day and Great Week Ahead

And possible forward to all friends who have children.

Source: Facebook post by Cyril Philip

How Can You Teach Your Child to Behave Well?

From Facebook

1. Children act like you do. Therefore, use your behavior to guide your child's behavior in the right direction. What you do is much more important than what you say.
2. Show your child how you feel. Tell him or her honestly how their behavior affects you. When you begin sentences with "I," your child begins to look at things from your point of view.
3. Praise your child when he or she behaves well. It is better to say "You're playing so well. I like when all of your blocks are on the table" before they get strewn about the entire room.
4. Come down to your child's level. Squat down or kneel when talking to your child. This allows you to tune in to what your little one might feel or think. This also helps your child focus on what you're saying or asking.
5. Use communication. If you are true to your word, your child will learn to trust and respect you. If you say that you are going to go for a walk after your child cleans up their toys, make sure that you have comfortable shoes for walking.
6. Remove temptations. It's hard for a child to remember everything that they're not allowed to touch. Thus, you lower the chances of innocent, but expensive, research. Just remove temptations from view.
7. Be firm in your decisions. If you say "no," and then recant, next time your child will whine even more, hoping to get lucky once again.
8. Give simple and clear instructions, and then your child will know exactly what you expect from them. For example, "Please hold my hand while we cross the street" is better than "Don't run across the road without me."
9. As he or she gets older, you can entrust your child with more responsibility for their behavior so that he or she can naturally feel the consequences of their behavior. It seems that Mark Twain said: "Don't punish your child for breaking a window; let him spend the night in the room with the broken window."
10. Let your child feel important. Children love to be useful and carry their weight in the family. Therefore, entrust your child with those things that he or she can do. This allows them to feel important and your child will try even harder to help.