As a parent, it is natural for you to want the best for your child, whether it is regarding their education, lifestyle or anything else. Every parent wants to raise their kids in a way that they can lead successful, happy and productive lives, and they prepare their kids for it right from a young age. However, when both the partners in the relationship are working, it is not possible for them to focus on giving as much time as they want to their kids. The little time they get with their kids would make a world of difference if they knew how to help their child to become successful with the few hours they get to spend with them.
As a parent, if you are wondering how you can help set your child up for future success, here are five ways to do so:
- Montessori training: Since you can send your child to Montessori from a young age of 2 or 2.5 years, they grow up to be successful people, happy and productive with their lives because that is what Montessori teaches them to. Montessori teaches discipline, concentration and independence to your child. The classrooms in Montessori are intentionally designed to stimulate the child to develop an excellent foundation for creative learning. Since Montessori focuses on child-centric learning, they emphasize creating a course structure that encourages the development of the child’s intellectual, moral, physical, social and emotional development.
- Stimulate baby talk: The sounds and gestures a baby make is their form of communication. Even if your child is just babbling, make sure to talk back to them in your real voice to simulate such baby talks; instead of just ignoring or making noises to treat their sound and gestures as real conversations. Engaging them in real talk since they are a baby will encourage them to have an impeccable vocabulary later in life.
- Read to your babies: Even if your baby does not understand anything, make sure to read to them every day. Every time you read to them, you are helping them build language skills. Once they get older, they will start asking questions about the books you read to them; try to answer them as much as possible it will enrich their creativity.
- Everyday experiences as learning opportunities: Another great way to set your child up for future success is by using everyday experiences as learning opportunities. Whether you are cooking, doing laundry, or cleaning dishes, talk them through your process. Even though they would not understand at first, once they start doing some chores themselves, they will know what steps they should follow.
- Praise them correctly: whenever they do something good or upto expectation, do not hesitate to praise them. Having a growth mindset where they get praised for achieving something encourages them to do better with other things and keep exploring that someone with a fixed mindset would not dare to.
These are only five steps for you to encourage your kids to become successful in the future. Whenever they are curious about anything they see around them and have questions, make sure to answer them as honestly as possible. Help them build meaningful relationships with kids of their age so that they can carry that lesson for all their lifetime.
