1.2 Explain The Importance Of Listening To Children
Listening to children
Parenting is all about communicating with your child. Positive two way communication “talking and listening” is essential in building child’s self-esteem. Setting up clear and open communication pattern at the early stage is very important. It is important to make out time to listening to our children without distractions, paying attention while they speak, being careful of the tone of voice we use while we talk to them and also to respect their feelings.
Talking and listening to children improves your bond with them and encourage them to listen to you. Due to this, a cordial relationship is formed between the parent and the child; children thrive with words of encouragement and praise, listening to your child boosts their self-esteem. This enables them to feel worthy and loved.
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Sometimes we forget that children don’t ‘get’ everything. Watch your child’s facial expression and body language. Listening isn’t just about hearing words, but also trying to understand what’s behind those words. To let your child know you’re listening, and make sure you’ve really understood, repeat back what your child has said and make lots of eye contact. Show your interest by saying such things as, ‘Tell me more about ...’, ‘Really!’ and ‘Go on ...’. Ask children what they feel about the things they’re telling you about. Avoid criticism and blame. If you’re angry about something your children done, try and explain why you want them not to do it again. Appeal to their sense of empathy. Work together to solve problems and conflicts. Be honest with each other.
If you talk and listen to your children from a very young age, you’ll all get into habits that will be very useful once they’re teenagers. An open relationship – where children feel comfortable talking about what they’ve been doing and with whom – will encourage children to tell you about the details of their life when they’re
Parenting is all about communicating with your child. Positive two way communication “talking and listening” is essential in building child’s self-esteem. Setting up clear and open communication pattern at the early stage is very important. It is important to make out time to listening to our children without distractions, paying attention while they speak, being careful of the tone of voice we use while we talk to them and also to respect their feelings.
Talking and listening to children improves your bond with them and encourage them to listen to you. Due to this, a cordial relationship is formed between the parent and the child; children thrive with words of encouragement and praise, listening to your child boosts their self-esteem. This enables them to feel worthy and loved.
It is worth …show more content…
Sometimes we forget that children don’t ‘get’ everything. Watch your child’s facial expression and body language. Listening isn’t just about hearing words, but also trying to understand what’s behind those words. To let your child know you’re listening, and make sure you’ve really understood, repeat back what your child has said and make lots of eye contact. Show your interest by saying such things as, ‘Tell me more about ...’, ‘Really!’ and ‘Go on ...’. Ask children what they feel about the things they’re telling you about. Avoid criticism and blame. If you’re angry about something your children done, try and explain why you want them not to do it again. Appeal to their sense of empathy. Work together to solve problems and conflicts. Be honest with each other.
If you talk and listen to your children from a very young age, you’ll all get into habits that will be very useful once they’re teenagers. An open relationship – where children feel comfortable talking about what they’ve been doing and with whom – will encourage children to tell you about the details of their life when they’re