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What is the meaning of individuality

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Children thrive on positive reinforcement. As a parent, it is important to maintain your child’s favorable qualities and behaviors with constant communication and celebrate what makes him or her unique.

Children navigate their world through sensing, observing, and experiencing everything around them. What we, as adults, show and tell them what shape the person they become. Therefore, it is important will help your child build a positive perception of peace or her skills, abilities, and uniqueness through fulfilling and nurturing ways.

It is not unusual to feel that Singapore’s competitive education culture can push and pressure children over their limit until the detest learning burning and see it as boring and arduous chore.

This sentiment is shared by Dr. Goh Kah Hong, Head of Psychology at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, who has observed that our children are facing high academic stress resulting in anxiety and depression.

On top of this immense pressure, many children are also subjected to comparisons between their siblings, cousins, schoolmates, and peers – a sad and dangerous tendency for well meaning Singaporean parents who want only the best for their children.

Read on to find out how you can create an emotionally safe and loving environment for your young learner:

Demonstrate self-love and positive self-talk – self-love is acceptance and kindness towards oneself. It’s a recognition of our own unique qualities and taking pride in those qualities.

We tend to feel sorry for ourselves and we blame ourselves out loud when we are stressed or when we make mistakes. We say things like, “I’m not good enough,” or “Why would anyone do that to me?”.

Unhealthy statements like these have psychological effects on the person saying it as much as the people who are around to listen to it. And because children are naturally intuitive, they pick up on these pretty quickly.

It has been widely observed that the mental health and behavioural attitudes of parents have significantly predicted self-esteem as the child grew up.

How can you demonstrate self-love and positive self-talk to your child?

First things first, be mindful. This simply means being aware of thoughts, emotions, words, actions, and reactions.

Teach your child positive self-talk by helping him or her to recognise his or her own failures as learning experiences rather than a non-success or a non-fulfilment. Even when your child feels defeated, encourage him or het to practice saying out loud: “That was a good lesson,” or “Now I know better,” or “This experience will be helpful in the future.”

Recognising small wins and celebrating consistent efforts is important.

Aim to be “better”, not “the best” – aiming for “the best creates a lot of pressure in children and in students. This pressure is counterproductive to their learning as well as their academic performance. The good news? Your child can always aim to be “better”.

Teach your child not to compete with others but to take on challenges.

This can even be something simple like encouraging your child to swing from the start to the end of the monkey bars at a playground. Remember that a little goes a long way.

Reinforce the idea that all tasks should be accomplished with as much enjoyment, enthusiasm and learning as possible, instead of competition, superiority, or the illusion of glory.

Show genuine interest in your child’s efforts, offer support during the process and use reassuring phrases like, “You’re doing so well now, remember how you started?” or “How did you do that?” or “No matter what happens, I love you.”

Ask, don’t tell – children are naturally inquisitive. When they ask questions or seek guidance in other ways, it is important for adults to teach them without making them feel small or incapable.

So instead of telling them what to do, give orders or making demands, try asking your child for a change.

If your child is upset over something, you can ask: “Do you want to talk?” rather than saying, “Stop sulking” which devalues his or her emotions.

If your child insists on doing something you find uncomfortable, you can ask: “I want to understand why you want to do this” or “Can we compromise and find the alternative to this?” instead of saying, “I already told you not to do that.”

If you want to follow-up on a task like homework, for instance; you can ask, “How is it going with your math homework? Do you need help?” as opposed to saying, “You have to do your math homework now”.

By being understanding and respectful, you are able to negotiate to discuss ideas with your child in a healthier way. This encourages conversations that forge stronger bonds between parent and child.

Allow freedom of expression – childhood is a precious and fleeting moment. Let your child live it and enjoy it the way he or she deems fit.

Allow your son or your daughter to let loose, run, jump, play, and be silly while providing plenty of opportunities for new experiences, independent exploration, and unstructured play.

When your child feels that only performing as well as parents is good enough, that unrealistic standard may discourage effort. A child striving to meet advanced age expectations ca also result in them having low confidence.

Additionally, your child also will have his or her own traits, quirks and various methods of expression. These too should be embraced as part of what makes your child unique and special.

Keep your child curious and confident in the real world – confidence in the virtual world is not the same as real-world confidence that offline effectiveness brings.

More and more children are using social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Twitter and YouTube to connect with others. Prolonged usage may result in them being disengaged and detached from real-world connections and interactions.

Limit your child’s interaction with the virtual world and encourage him or het to build human connections in person by organising age-appropriate events or simply taking trips to the park, playground, and other social environments.

Fun extracurricular activities, such as marital art classes, music lessons or dance lessons also open up social opportunities for child while they acquire new skills and build up their self-esteem.

By building your child’s confidence, positivity and individual self-expression, you are contributing to his or her emotional intelligence, optimistic outlook on life or openness to take on the challenges ahead.