SCHOOL FOR PARENTS: Suggestions to teach children to respect the property of others

in #steempress5 years ago (edited)

Preschoolers often find it difficult to understand the need to respect the property of others. Each year they spend in pre-school institutions surrounded by attractive items that belong to kindergarten or other children.



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It is important to keep in mind that these skills remain with them, despite everything, even in the development stage.

Preschoolers do not yet have that level of brain development to control and always manage their immediate desires and can act impulsively, putting the desired toy in their pocket or roughly manipulating fragile objects.

Their level of development also determines a certain egocentricity, which is manifested in the fact that it is difficult for them to see the world from the point of view of other people.

They may also have difficulty understanding the idea of property itself, and it is very difficult to come to an agreement with the difference between the concepts of personal things and what can be shared.

If your child takes things away from other children or breaks them, this does not mean at all that he is a bad child, or that he will soon start to show more serious deviant behavior.

It simply means that you must teach him to respect the property of other people, and the sooner you teach him, the easier it will be to correct this very common phenomenon among children.

Here are some suggestions that can be followed during training.


- Do not inflate the problem due to a stolen or damaged item.

If you do, your child will only learn a very effective way to attract your attention. Therefore, it is best to talk quietly with him and explain how others feel when their things are broken or taken without permission.

Be sure to connect your words with your child's life experience, since children of this age need a lot of practice to put themselves in someone else's shoes.

Say the following: "How would you feel if another child took your favorite toy and it hurts? How would you like me to do with your toy?

- Teach your child how important honesty is to you.

Let your baby immediately return the item you picked up or inform the owner of the damage. Do not do this instead of the child. Practice beforehand what he will say. Do not jump to explain what happened.

Let your child try to do everything on his own, even if he is shy or starts crying, just give him the opportunity to resolve this situation on his own. Ask the owner to tell you how he or she felt about the incident.

- At home, consider the consequences of the child's attitude.

Do not allow the baby to take things without demand, even if it does not bother him and in principle it is not a problem. Develop the consequences that will inevitably come if the child takes something without permission and adheres strictly to them.

The consequences should not be aimed at punishing the child, but should teach him important things.

- Also show a child at home how to order something in an educated way.

Offer simple phrases and questions, for example: "Please, can I see your book?" Or "Please, can I play with the ball?" And be sure to practice with him that when the child agrees, say "thank you". The most important thing is to teach him to react and say "everything is fine, I understand", if another child rejects it and says "no".

Your child must understand that if a thing does not belong to him, then sharing or not is the right to choose that person, and he does not have the right to use something just because he wants it, even if he asked politely.

- Let your children see that you always respect the property of others.

In an educated manner, did he ask permission to take something he needed or simply take it in silence? If you accidentally broke something else, how do you do it?

Do you honestly admit your mistake and offer repairs to things or, perhaps, offer to pay the owner the damage? You are the primary role model for your child, so remember that he always watches, listens and learns from you.

- Sometimes children show destructive behavior to get their attention.

So be sure to pay a lot of positive attention to your child, especially if you respect other people and their things.

All of us, including adults, find other people's things much more attractive than everything we have. Such things delight and inspire us, they call our attention and all because they are new and unknown to us.


Preschoolers are constantly experimenting with the rules and limits of their world, in which there are so many new and interesting things, and one of the many lessons they have to learn is respect for other people's property.

If you can calmly discuss the situation and correctly use the inevitable consequences, as soon as you can, when it comes to the attitude toward the property of other people, your child will adjust their behavior competently.



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