Your
child retains most of what you teach him as a child. The training
you give him at an early age will serve as a foundation of how he
views things as he grows. This is one of the reasons why you have
to inculcate good values and behaviors while he is still young.
This will help him become a person of character someday. One of
the things that you can teach him is how to be responsible.
A person is responsible if he takes full accountability of his actions.
If your child is responsible, he will be honest about his mistakes
and will be careful with the decisions he is going to make. Here
are some of the tips on how you can teach your child to be responsible.
1. Set a good example. Your child is very observant with what you
do. If he sees that you are responsible with your things, chances
are he will do the same. Show your child that you don’t allow
your things to be scattered on the floor. If you do this, he will
probably pick his stuff from his kids rugs and put them in designated
places.
2. Ask for his help when you are cleaning. If you are in his room
and you see his toys lying around, ask for his help. While organizing
his room together, advise him that he should keep his toys and other
things after using them and that it will make things easier for
the both of you.
3. Assign him a task. Giving your child an assignment everyday will
train him to be responsible. You can probably instruct him to feed
your pet. He has to be cautious of the time and the amount of food
to be served. You can also ask him to take charge of his room. Give
him some rules. Tell him to arrange his toys before he goes to sleep.
No item should be on his schoolroom carpet. He should clean up early
so that he can sleep early. This will teach him to be self-directed
too.
4. Recognize his efforts. You should let your child feel appreciated.
If he has been doing his duties well, he deserves a pat on the back
or even rewards. This will motivate him to do better in the future.
If you notice that he is having a hard time cleaning up, especially
the modern rugs, help him. If he can’t operate the vacuum
yet, do it for him. You can teach him to do that once he is older.
5. Make sure he makes it a habit. You have to monitor his progress
every day. Continue to verify if he is religiously doing his tasks.
Your child should continue to do his obligations without being reminded.
He has to continue feeding your pets, organize his room and make
sure that his school bath rug is clean.
Start training your child to be responsible by giving him duties
at home. Once he aced these simple duties, he will surely do well
with other things. So don’t underestimate it. He may simply
be picking items from his schoolroom carpet, but this is very significant
in the person he will become in the future.
On your school room carpets your child
can play with building
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