Tips for determining your childs personality from an early age

Perhaps the saying: "Parents give birth, heaven is born" is not foreign to us. However, you can still determine your child's personality from a young age in order to shape and help him become a human the next day.

Shy, cheerful, strong or pushy, what are your child's personality traits and why does he have them? To define your child's personality from an early age, please see the following article of aFamilyToday Health .

What is personality?

Personality is how each person reacts to the outside world. You may have to rely on your personality to choose the right parenting method .

Example: 3 2-year-olds are brought to kindergarten on the first day.

Minh was very excited and quickly left his mother to go out with his friends. Thang was quite shy and didn't dare come to play with his friends. As a child, Toàn didn't care about anything, he jumped over to his friends and won toys.

Each baby has its own personality

Why did 3 children react differently to the same situation? This is because each baby is born with a unique personality. There are many ways to define a child's personality, but usually there are 5 characteristics that represent the innate traits: intensity of reactions, degree of dynamism, response to failure, response to change, react to strangers.

1. Reaction intensity measurement

Strong kids can scream when they're happy and yell, throw objects, and hit others when they're angry. In contrast, babies with softer responses were often quiet, rarely nagging, and slept more than average. Babies express their feelings with gentle changes, expressed through faces or tones.

How to help children 

For the baby there is a gentle response

Find ways to get your baby's attention

Choose music with vibrant sounds or expressive voices when reading stories to your child

Organize active activities to attract children

Let your child move, move.

For babies with strong reactions

Let's "turn down" everything from music to light

Guess when the baby will "explode", gently take him out of those situations

Try shaping your baby by engaging in activities that are less likely to cause anger or by simply holding your baby.

Make sure your baby gets enough sleep.

2. Measure the dynamic level

When your baby begins to complete motor skills, you can tell if he is active or not. If your baby always wants to explore the world around him by crawling, running, climbing, rummaging through things ... then he will be very active in the future.

In contrast, there are children who just like to sit, play with toys very quietly and enjoy exploring hands more than their feet. These babies tend to explore the world through seeing and listening.

How to help children 

For sedentary babies

Encourage your baby to get active by placing fun toys a bit away from where they can easily reach them.

Watch your baby's movements and encourage participation in active games

Listen to music with your baby.

For active babies

Give your baby lots of opportunities to explore, but still be safe

Don't expect your baby to sit still for a long time. Let your baby stand even while changing diapers and get them out of the dining chair as soon as they finish eating

Limit active games to at least 1 hour before bedtime at night and 30 minutes before nap time to help your baby get less excited and sleep better.

3. Measure response level before failure

The ability to adapt to failure will manifest in the first year of life and become more evident when the baby reaches toddler age. Children who persevere will continue to try their best when faced with difficulties, waiting for their needs to be met. In addition, the baby does not stop trying. In the meantime, less persistent babies may give up, cry or find an alternative activity.

How to help children 

Babies give up easily

When your baby fails, confirm his or her mood by saying: "It seems difficult, I guess I'm frustrated because I haven't done it"

Help your child come up with a solution, but don't do it for them

Encourage your baby to try again later.

Children who persevere:

Take part in games with your baby

Suggest another option for your baby if the way he's doing it isn't working

Consistency. Children with perseverance can find it very difficult to accept a parent's answer "no".

4. Measure the level of response to change

Most babies are usually very flexible about changes, but some babies react negatively to any change. Just a new dish on a plate or a small change in bedtime schedule can make children uncomfortable. Babies may cry more, need more comfort, and need more time to adapt.

On the contrary, there are children who always like new things like new clothes, new foods ... all make them excited. Babies can sleep well in the middle of the noisy sound of a restaurant, eat at a stopover during the trip ...

How to help children 

Babies don't like change

Use familiar objects to help your baby get used to the transitions

Talk to your baby about the change, and wait a while for him to feel comfortable with the change

Help your baby know when an activity is about to end.

Baby likes the novelty

Spend time with your kids, hold them, and read a book with them.

5. Measure responses to strangers

Some children, when seeing strangers, get along very quickly, smile happily for only a few minutes to get acquainted, while some other children cling to their parents, embarrassed or shy. These babies often need a lot of time and support from the caregiver to feel comfortable in the presence of strangers.

How to help children

Babies get used slowly

Introduce baby to strangers in your safe arms. You can give your child a toy or a book that they like, help them use that object as a "bridge" to get to know strangers gradually.

Tell your baby that they will meet new people, talk about them briefly, and give them plenty of time as they begin to get acquainted.

Do not label your baby is shy because it will make him or her "imply autistic".

Baby get acquainted quickly

Give your baby many opportunities for social interaction

Help children play alone when needed

Give your baby the opportunity to use existing toys and imagination to play alone.

Remember that personality is not what your child chooses, nor is it something you can create, nor is there a concept of right - wrong, better - worse in character evaluation. So, you can only accept your child's personality and help him improve if necessary.