Teaching Your Children to Treat Others With Respect and Dignity

The only way to teach your children to treat othersself worth and importance. In essence, a child who
with respect and dignity is to have them be treatedfeels good about himself finds it easy to treat others in
that way. The early years of a child's life is when hea positive and helpful manner.
learns about the world and how to get along withEncourage acts of generosity through simple things
others.such as sharing and cooperation. Let your child know
Parents play a very important role when it comes toonce it is someone else's turn to play with a toy or go
teaching children how to form healthy relationships withon a swing. Then, praise your child for being able to
their peers. This social competence allows children torecognize the need to give way to others. Don't forget
express their feelings better, empathize with others,to thank them for being polite and respectful as well as
and be cooperative and generous in general.for sharing and being cooperative.
The best way to teach children this lesson is byBased on their own experience, children know that
modeling this behavior to them. For example, using thewords are very powerful. Name-calling and teasing
word "please" or lending a helping hand to those incan immensely affect other people's feelings. Children
need is essentially teaching them how you'd like themalways want to be treated fairly. The only problem is
to act.that they don't always know how to treat others the
Have your children assist you with daily tasks.same way.
Whenever they willingly offer to help, accept it. Make itThe most effective way to teach your child the
a point to praise your child's behavior, and help themconcept of fairness is to explain a rule to him, and point
realize how emotionally fulfilling it is to help other peopleout the fact that it not only applies to him, but to others
out.as well.
Socially competent children display a strong sense of