To teach a child to be independent is almost the main thing that parents need to do before the start of his school life. After all, the baby will have to face serious difficulties, which means that he will have to bear responsibility. A sense of independence arises in a child under the influence of a lifestyle in the family, for the formation of which parents are responsible.
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Which parent does not want the child to learn to take on a certain degree of responsibility? For example, so that the child does not have to be forced to do homework, take out the trash, go to the store, and so that he does it all himself. But parents are often themselves to blame for the non- independence of the children.
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Not all parents ask the child’s personal opinion and, moreover, do not allow him to decide which section to go to, when and how much to walk, and how toys and personal belongings should be located in his room. Do not forget that independence is an internal state of a person, and, therefore, it is impossible to impose it from without. From this, it is worth concluding: independence should be brought up only in those matters that are pleasant and interesting to the baby himself.
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What can these roots of independence grow from? For example, from a household duty, to which the child shows great interest and pleasure. The process of growing up always carries with it an expansion of the range of responsibilities in household chores. If you notice in time that the child is fiddling with water a lot, then at that very moment he can be instructed to wash the dishes.
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It is important not only to notice the nucleation, but also not to miss the moment of cooling interest. This is necessary in order to be able to maintain interest, using new forms of support. For example, you can introduce a reward system or just arrange a child rest from household chores at a time when he wants. It doesn’t matter that the hobby lasted only a few weeks, it’s important that your child has become a little more independent.
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Another source of independence for a preschooler is the emergence of property, for example, some thing from the adult world. But not every thing is suitable for this business - it should be useful to parents.
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If parents are fond of tourism, then you can give the boy a compass and be sure to teach him how to use it. Or, if the father loves fishing, let him give the baby a personal fishing rod. Also such things can be a camera, a bicycle, a phone or a computer.
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If your heir will have an experience of owning things already at preschool age, then you can be sure that it will be much easier for him in school.