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l the story about the boy who cried "Wolf!" so many
times to get attention that when the wolf finally came, no
one believed him.
2. Ask your child if anyone has ever lied to her. How did
that make her feel?
3. Be careful to follow through on things you say to your
child. Commitments that may seem minor to you can mean a
lot to your child. Make promises and keep them.
Our children need to learn about the importance of
trusting each other in our everyday lives. Without honesty,
trust becomes impossible.
There's A Monster In My Room
Sometimes our children have needless fears that we can
help them overcome.
What to do
1. Listen when your child mentions a fear, even if it sounds
silly to you.
2. With your child, come up with a plan for facing up to the
fear.
3. Go through the plan together. Let your child take the step
that confronts the fear, although it may be helpful for
you to be there.
Children should learn not to allow others to mistreat
them. At the same time, we want them to learn how to reach
understandings peacefully, whenever possible.
Bully
Children should learn not to allow others to mistreat
them. At the same time, we want them to learn how to reach
understandings peacefully, whenever possible.
What to do
1. Listen to your child and find out if others are not
treating your child as they should. This will encourage
your child to trust you and come to you when there is a
problem.
2. Help your child consider various ways of dealing with a
particular problem.
3. If the problem is the way another child is behaving,
suggest working out the problem by talking with the other
child, or a responsible adult.
4. If the problem is another adult, however, or if your child
is seriously threatened by other children, you will need
to intervene directly.
A part of self-respect is not tolerating mistreatment by
others. Finding appropriate ways to deal with unpleasant
behavior by others is an important, if sometimes difficult,
part of growing up.
Helping Out
Our children need to learn that as they get older and can
contribute more, more will be expected of them.
What to do
1. As your child matures, consider additional ways your child
can contribute to the household.
2. Discuss the new duties with your child. Avoid describing
them in ways that seem like a punishment. Instead, you can
imply that they require a new level of ability, which your
child now possesses.
3. With younger children, it helps sometimes if you do the
chores together and talk or make it fun. But don't do your
child's work!
4. If possible, new tasks should stretch a child's abilities
and encourage satisfaction in good work. Praise something
done well, especially a new challenge.
Doing chores is a useful way to learn persistence and to
learn that when we live up to our responsibilities we enable
others to trust and rely on us.
A Job Well Done
We need to show our children that we take satisfaction in
acting properly and accomplishing difficult tasks.
What to do
1. Through your daily activities, show your children that you
care about a job well done.
2. Perhaps our children's most important tasks are to work
hard at school and do homework. When we check homework and
point out mistakes, we help them see how an error has
arisen. When we let them correct errors themselves, we
inspire self-confidence. It is also important for us to
show them that we appreciate their good efforts.
3. Teaching our children self-respect does not mean
complimenting everything they do. Our children also need
our honest criticism from time to time. When we d
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