Teach children to be independent from a young age

From the age of 6-7 months, babies begin to feel the world around them, like to explore and like to do what adults do. You should understand that the more you grow up, the more you will want to be done alone without your support, give your baby the opportunity to do what he wants, not for him.

Any parent is also worried and wants to take care of the best child, but pampering or doing everything to make the baby rely on him. You should encourage independence by allowing your baby to do things as much as you can, helping your baby to adapt from a young age, not being confused and having difficulty in exposure to a new environment.

Some methods of exercising independence for children

1. Teaching babies from a young age
Right from the time your baby is a toddler, you can teach your baby to do adult things to help him become more self-aware and conscious in serving his own needs. At first, it's just small things like eating by yourself, arranging toys in order, then gradually increasing the difficulty over time. With each task, you should break into small and very patient steps to teach your baby to do it right.

2. Teaching children to be self-controlled
At 1 year old, whatever you do in front of your baby makes you curious, in this case you should explain clearly to your baby, and at the same time just let them know Why do you do that? For example, you can show your child how to wear sandals right, what is wrong, or how to dress. Or you can also teach your child that after going to the toilet, he / she needs to wash his hands clean ... The baby will learn quickly and be able to wear clothes and sandals skillfully.

3. Always give compliments to your baby's efforts
Even if your child's work results aren't really outstanding, you should still smile and show satisfaction with their efforts. The toddler stage is the most important and crucial period to gradually form and develop personality in babies. Therefore, even if you do the smallest thing, you should also reward your baby with goodwill compliments, helping her to be more motivated.
That means, you absolutely do not criticize, do not use the words "No! It's all broken! So clumsy!… ”With your baby while learning a certain skill.

4. Together with action
Before the baby can be completely independent on a certain skill, it is necessary for the baby to go through the process of "acting together". Both you and your child should do it together, such as: Set up toys together, put on shoes together, wash hands together, ... Let your baby join in whatever they want to do with you. Although it takes time, it will be very effective.

5. Be determined with the baby's wrongdoing
However, not always do the right thing. In that case, be firm when your baby does something wrong. Let your baby know that you are not satisfied with the action and ask him to get it right again. After your baby has done the right thing, gently tell him why and give praise when he does it right.

Exercises to train the baby's independence, each person can think of it based on his child's personality and psychological and physiological characteristics. However, to teach independence in a child requires that you be a person who deeply understands what they want and needs instead of asking for what they expect. Small jobs, if properly educated, will help babies grow up to be able to adapt easily to the surrounding environment, not relying on others.