How expressive is your child?

An expressive child and a responsive parent is a prize-winning combination for toddlerhood. It’s a win-win situation and it enables the parent to shape behavior positively right at the outset. This sequence becomes quite easy to understand as below:

• The newborn expresses needs to his mother
• The responsiveness of the mothers builds trust
• The now infant learns to express needs appropriately
• Infants grow to become bigger toddlers with bigger needs
• These toddlers know the meaning of feelings and how to express
• The toddlers then get better equipped to express themselves to others

Do you encourage your kids?

Positives are always better appreciated than criticism and negatives (how obvious is that statement). When you want your children to be responsible human beings, you need to first treat them like human beings instead of puppets and machines who react to your commands. If you give them sufficient space and apposite opportunity to live their life for themselves, they will be able to build on their own abilities. Besides repeatedly telling them how they are not good enough, what they cannot do or are not allowed to do; let them know and identify where they ‘are’ virtuous and what they ‘can’ do and are ‘allowed’ to do’. Encouraging them to do their ‘own’ thing leads to optimistic outcomes in behavior.