Who are you pointing at?
As parents and teachers, we have handled many discipline cases.
Whenever we question our children, they would always say that it is because of their friends.
They have committed the wrong deed because their friends tell them to do so.
It is their friend’s fault.
They are not willing to admit their mistakes unless we question and get them to reflect to the point they realise that they have no escape.
Not a robot
We often hear children telling us that they have followed the instruction of their friends.
Many of us would probably ask them the most logical question that is why do they need to listen to their friends especially they know it is wrong.
They are not robot so they can judge whether it is the right thing to do.
When we dig further, we often find children are willing to do those mischievous acts more because of their own playfulness.
Their friends may be the trigger but they may have only suggested without forcing them.
They simply listen and do it because they feel it is fun and exciting to carry out the wrong deed.
Loyalty
For most children, loyalty becomes insignificance in the presence of punishment.
They are so fearful of what they have done that they start to point fingers at one another.
It is always their friends’ fault.
We must get our children to reflect the need to admit their own mistakes rather than pointing their fingers at others.
We often get angrier when children refused to admit their mistakes when they are in the wrong.
They must see the fact that we want the truth and they should receive their due consequence as a result of their misdeed.
Learn to be honest and loyal to their friends regardless of circumstances.
The value of true friendship
Our children should learn that true friendship is not just to have fun together but they must stick together during tough times.
They should not see their friend’s problem as something that does not concern them but they should learn to find out how they can help.
Helping one another especially when there is a need is a great expression of truth friendship.
It is easy to have many friends when everything is going well but the ones that stick with us during tough times are friends we should value the most.
In Conclusion
Get our children to learn true friendship and they should also judge for themselves the good or bad influence that friends can bring to them.
They must have strong minds to influence their friends positively rather than letting themselves being influenced by their friends negatively.
When they learn not to point fingers at others, they would probably start to take responsibility for their wrong actions.
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