Building Character ~ Parenting Tips for Building Honesty in Kids
"Building Character Starts with Getting Your Kids To Talk."
Parenting Tips by Jean Tracy, MSS, for grades K-6:
Does your child give good moral advice to her friends? Does she follow it herself? Inside you'll find a parenting tip to help your child build character with honest advice.
Parenting Tip for Building an Honest Character:
Internalizing good advice means taking to heart the good advice your child gives to others. This includes following that advice when she needs it herself. This is the inner honesty your child needs for building a solid character. Consider discussing this moral dilemma with your child
"Pretend your friend's mom told her to do homework instead of going to your house. You heard your friend scream at her mother yelling, 'You can't tell me what to do! I hate you!' They had a big fight."
5 Parenting Questions to Build Your Child's Honesty:
- How would you feel about your friend for screaming at her mother?
- What good advice would you like to give her?
- How would you tell her?
- If your mom told you to stay home and do your homework, how would you like to react?
- Have you ever followed your own good advice even when you didn't feel like it? If so, when?
Discussing the advice your child would give to others is important for reflecting on that same advice when she needs it. Asking her if she would follow it develops her reasoning powers. It prepares her for handling future conflicts. It builds her inner honesty too.
Become an expert parent. Why not discuss and role-play this dilemma with your kids today? If you'd like 50 more dilemmas to discuss with your kids, check out my:
Subscribe to my Free Parenting Newsletter and receive 80 fun activities to share with your kids at:
What parenting questions would you like to ask? When I receive your question, I'll send you a parenting surprise. Just email me at:
Best wishes for your parenting success,
Jean
Jean Tracy, MSS
Comments