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How to Raise Selfless Children

August 11, 2020 by Kristen Reed

Children are born into this world full of hope and caring for other people. As your children enter the toddler years they do have a phase where they think the world revolves around them. With the right habits, parental tricks, and tips you can easily work to raise selfless children.

Today we’re going to discuss some ways you can help encourage your children to consider other people’s needs and be more considerate of other people’s feelings. 

Talk About Feelings

You can use emotion flashcards that are generally for sale at local retail shops or online stores that focus on children’s activities. These types of investments will help you talk about feelings with your kids. You must place a focus on discussing feelings like empathy and compassion to help your child develop the necessary emotional foundation to be selfless.

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Share Perspectives

Part of being selfless is to have a high level of emotional intelligence. Start watching some local news stories with your children and discuss different perspectives of each situation. This will help give your children the ability to step into someone else’s shoes to try to see a situation from their perspective. Being able to adjust their perspective during real-world situations will encourage a strong sense of empathy in your children.

Be a Role Model

Children learn most of how they feel, think, and believe based on how they’re parents behave. It’s important to work to be a good role model of what a selfless person does and how they act. Consider working on your emotional responses to heated situations and keep your adult conversations more open-minded when children are in earshot so that they can see good examples of selflessness behavior.

Always Remain Age-Appropriate

You’ll know what age-appropriate for your child is as you work to help them become selfless individuals. Always keep the conversations and examples for selflessness age-appropriate so that your child is better able to comprehend what you’re trying to teach them. Your younger children may not be mature enough to watch the daily news reports, but older children can handle this as a way to work on being more emotionally intelligent.

Read Children’s Books

There is a variety of children’s books that discuss feelings and can help your child strengthen their emotional intelligence. Try to invest in some children’s books that you can read during storytime or before bed to help your child understand what being selfless means. While being a good role model is essential, having children’s books that your child can relate to will be just as important during this stage of trying to raise selfless children.

In conclusion, your children will show various levels of selfishness throughout their childhood, but you can use these tips above to help guide them towards a more positive future. Raising children to be selfless will help make this world a happier place where community and family remain a priority in your child’s life.

Filed Under: Mindful Parent Tagged With: how can I be a good parent, mindfulness, parenting tips

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