Parenting New Year's resolution can help the family improve their life style and relationships. Their children, too, can learn the value of setting goals. However, you need to guide them and be with them while making their resolutions.
A Nielsen Survey revealed that the top resolutions for 2015 are staying fit and healthy, enjoy life and lose weight. Being organized, saving money and spend time with friends and family are also on the top list. Moreover, study shows that 55% of people caught to their goals within January and 40% of them completed in June. This shows that some goals are quite a bit ambitious for themselves.
To support your loved ones especially your children to set up and fulfill their goals, you need to do some things. PBS Parents shared some of the following tips below on how to help your children make and benefit from their resolution and goals.
Make New Year's Resolution a Tradition
Before the New Year strikes, sit down and have a talk with your children. Discuss the things that happened in the past year. These include your goals, accomplishments, ups and downs as parents and individual. By sharing these to your children, they too would evaluate themselves and think of the things they accomplish and want to improve in the coming year. Then, let them write their achievements and goals. Dr. Benjamin Siegel, a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine, said: "Parents should be reflective about how they wish to be in the coming year."
Encourage and Guide Your Children Fulfill Their Goals
The resolutions your children have written must be work out. Guide your children in accomplishing their goals. For toddlers, probably their goals are to keep and clean up their toys and know how to pray always. Set an example. Remind and teach them how to fix their toys and teach them how and when to pray. For teenagers, they would probably lazy to brush their teeth and do some other hygiene. Parents should counsel them to do the proper hygiene always and tell them its importance. Studies and dealing with anxiety over peers must be monitored by parents too.
Acknowledge the Accomplishment of your Children
Dr. Siegel said, "Children will benefit by having the parents praise them, which will improve their self-esteem." As months passed by and your children meeting their goals, it is essential that you acknowledge their achievements. Siegel added, "This will help them with self-regulatory behaviors that they can integrate into being a healthy adult."
Your comments and suggestions are most welcome on how to help your children make their goals this coming New Year. Share to us your thoughts in the comment section below.
