Children become ready to choose as soon as they start stretching their hands and leg. Sounds funny right, but you can observe they start crying for the thing they want. As a parent, we are very busy in our day-to-day life. We make a schedule for our children and make choices for them. But do we ever consider that whether our kids like those choices or not? In this article, I will tell you the benefits of giving choice to your kid
Rather taking all the decisions of their choices will not make them feel confident and empowered. If you let them choose what they want for themselves, they will start feeling important. The power of choosing things for them gives them good confidence and it will help them grow better. As soon as they start taking choices they start listening to their inner voice. They start asking questions to themselves, that whether or not the choice they make for themselves is good or it will have any bad consequences on them. This doesn’t mean that you have to give them a choice that is life-changing just small choices like, which dress they want to wear, what they want to have in lunch. And you will start noticing the difference in their behavior.
Let’s Discuss Few Benefits.
1.Minimum Tantrums.
What is basically a tantrum is, it is always enforced due to lack of control. As an adult, we always wanted to take control over our things and decisions. But we always forget that our children also want to control their things. By giving them the freedom of taking choices will make them feel that they have control over them, and naturally there will be fewer tantrums.
2.They learn responsbility.
Life is full of choices, and by making your kids take their decisions at such early age, you are making them ready for the challenges they will face in the future. By taking decisions of their choices they are also ready and responsible for their outcomes whether it is good or bad.
3.Build Respect.
when you are giving them the opportunity of choosing on their own. They start learning about the pros and cons of their decisions and learn to respect things. When we impose our choices or think over the small things on our kids, they will never learn the importance of that things.
4.Build Confidence.
When for the first time they choose anything for themselves, and that decision turned out to be good. They feel very confident. And this confidence will make them ready for taking further decisions in life. They will become ready to make better choices in life. It will build a base for positive decision-making skills even in adulthood.
Few Choices They Can Choose From.
- Which dress they wants to wear today.
- They wants to have bread or rice for lunch.
- Choice between fruits they wants to have.
- They want to take bath before or after the meal.
- Which subject they want to study.
- Which activity they wants to do with you .
Likewise, you can also give many choices based on your kid’s daily routine. What all your kids do in a day you can make a list and starts giving choices based on them. You will soon start seeing that your kids have developed a new confidence and are also less cranky.
Few things to consider while giving choices.
- Always try to give only 2 options to choose from. The brains are developing and too many options at the same time can make them confused, and they will not be able to make the right choice.
- You have to show trust in the choice your kids make, there is no point in giving choice to your kids if you are not going to agree with them. If they choose anything and you are not going to accept that choice and change them, they will start losing confidence in themselves. if that is not good for them let them learn on their own.
- You have to be consistent in giving choices, it should not be like you give them choice for a dress for 2 days, and then you stopped giving choice. Be regular in whatever choice option you are giving to your kid.
- Give them some time to choose and still, they are not able to make choice for them, choose one. And also let your child know that if he is not going to make choice at a particular time then they have to agree with whatever you have chosen for them.
