QUALITY TIME

What is the most beneficial way to reward your children?

Buy them a new toy? Allow them to stay up later? Let them watch a special TV show?

These may or may not have positive effects, but none of them can compare with the undivided attention of a parent.

Older children may deny that they require attention from their parents; however, it is possible to see the impact extra attention can have. With younger children, the results are often visible straight away. They respond with smiles and can be encouraged to try new things. Eventually you may notice an increase in your child’s self-esteem as they grow older.

充実の時

子䟛にずっお䞀番

励みになるのは䜕だず思いたす

新しいおもちゃを買っおあげる?遅くたお゙起きおいるこず を認める?特別なテレビ番組を芋させおあげる?

こうしたむンセンティブが効果的かず゙うかはさおおき、い ずれも芪が子䟛にしっかり目を向けるこずずは比ぞ゙ようも ありたせん。

子 䟛は倧きくなるず、芪が自分に泚目するこずを拒むかも しれたせん。しかし、芪の泚目は必ず効果をもたらしたす。 子䟛が小さければ、その結果はストレヌトに珟れたす。子 䟛は笑顔を芋せ、新しいこずに挑戊しようずするお゙しょう。 子䟛が倧きくなれば、子䟛の自尊心の高たりが感じられる かもしれたせん。

What is the most beneficial way to reward your children?

Buy them a new toy? Allow them to stay up later? Let them watch a special TV show?

These may or may not have positive effects, but none of them can compare with the undivided attention of a parent.

Older children may deny that they require attention from their parents; however, it is possible to see the impact extra attention can have. With younger children, the results are often visible straight away. They respond with smiles and can be encouraged to try new things. Eventually you may notice an increase in your child’s self-esteem as they grow older.

Self-esteem is what we build in our children when we give them the attention they require. However, it is important to give children quality attention; just being around your child is not considered quality attention.

Let’s look at some examples. A Mom takes her kids to the movies with a friend and her children. When the movie is over, the Mom and her friend discuss the movie as the kids are left on their own. Even though Mom is with her children physically, she is not there emotionally. How could it have been different? Mom and her friend could have asked the kids for their opinions on the movie. The children would then have been involved in the conversation and noticed that they were the focus of their parent’s attention.

A Dad takes his son to sports practice. While watching the practice, it is tempting to socialize with other parents. But, he must be aware that as children practice, they look to see if their parent(s) are watching what they are doing and they want their parents to focus their attention on them. It is so easy to get distracted by other adults who are enjoying engaging in conversation. One way to focus your attention back to your child without being rude is to direct the attention of the other parents to their own children. While your child is not the only subject of your attention, by giving attention to your child, it will be gratifying to note the elation that you will see on his or her face. tj

充実の時

子䟛にずっお䞀番

励みになるのは䜕だず思いたす

新しいおもちゃを買っおあげる?遅くたお゙起きおいるこず を認める?特別なテレビ番組を芋させおあげる?

こうしたむンセンティブが効果的かず゙うかはさおおき、い ずれも芪が子䟛にしっかり目を向けるこずずは比ぞ゙ようも ありたせん。

子 䟛は倧きくなるず、芪が自分に泚目するこずを拒むかも しれたせん。しかし、芪の泚目は必ず効果をもたらしたす。 子䟛が小さければ、その結果はストレヌトに珟れたす。子 䟛は笑顔を芋せ、新しいこずに挑戊しようずするお゙しょう。 子䟛が倧きくなれば、子䟛の自尊心の高たりが感じられる かもしれたせん。

自尊心は、自分が望む泚目を䞎えられおはじめお子䟛の䞭 に芜生えるものお゙す。ここお゙重芁なのは泚目の質お゙す。単 に子䟛のそばにいるだけお゙は十分ずは蚀えたせん。

䟋を挙げたしょう。母芪が友人芪子ず䞀緒に子䟛を映画に 連れお行きたした。映画が終わった埌、母芪たちは映画に ぀いお語り、子䟛たちは䌚話から取り残されおいたす。母 芪は物理的には子䟛ず䞀緒にいたすが、気持ちの䞊では離 れおいたす。どうすれば状況は違っおいたでしょうか。母 芪たちが子䟛に映画の感想を求めおいれば、子䟛たちも䌚 話に加わるこずができ、芪の関心が自分にも向いおいるこ ずが感じ取れたでしょう。

父芪が子䟛をスポヌツの緎習に連れお行きたした。子䟛が 緎習するのを芋おいる間、父芪は他の芪たちずおしゃべり に興じる誘惑に駆られたす。しかし、緎習䞭の子䟛は芪が 自分の姿を芋おいるかどうかを気にかけ、自分に集䞭しお ほしいず思っおいるこずを忘れおはなりたせん。䌚話を楜 しんでいる他の倧人たちに぀い気をずられおしたいがちで すが、倱瀌にならないように自分の子䟛に関心を戻すには、 他の倧人も自分の子䟛に泚目するよう仕向ければいいので す。芪の関心の党おが子䟛に集䞭するわけではありたせん が、しっかり目を向けるこずで子䟛の顔が茝くようになる のは喜ばしいこずです。tj

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