Psychologists argue that patience is not just a character trait laid down by genes, it can actually be learned. And you can teach this from early childhood, which will help to avoid a lot of problems with education in the future.
Here are 3 simple tips on how to teach your child patience.
Practice waiting
First you need to show the baby that expectation is just part of normal life / everyday life. Give your child a small hourglass for 5 minutes that will be just him. And every time he will ask you something, and the children are very fond of asking a lot of questions, just turn the clock over.
For example, the question: "I'm hungry, when will dinner be?"
Parent reaction: turn the clock over and give the child the task to keep track of time. Moreover, this can be carried out all the time in the cooking process.
In this case, children who are not yet familiar with the concept of time, minutes and hours, begin to just feel its course thanks to a vivid example. So they can roughly calculate what can be done during this period or what to play.
Regarding the games you need to choose boring and spend together with the baby, becoming an example for him.
These games include board games, which are rarely liked by children at an early age. But it is very important to bring all the games to the end.
Encourage patience
However, in this case, you need to choose the right way of promotion, so as not to harm the baby later.
Example: you can take a child to the store for shopping. If he behaved calmly and well, then you should reward, for example, by buying some goodies, which were banned for a long time. Moreover, it is necessary to clarify what exactly he is encouraged for.
Important! Do not buy a child as an encouragement exactly what he asks. Best of all, when the reward is a surprise, and necessarily the idea of the mother.
Teach distraction
Children, by virtue of age, are very quickly able to be distracted from the most important things and interesting games. That is why we must teach them to be distracted correctly.
For example, sitting in a cafe so that the child does not scream, does not run and does not interfere with other visitors, you need to distract him. A simple toy on a smartphone here will not be enough. Play something with your baby.
The guessing games or the variant in which one of the participants of the game pronounces the phrase: “I saw something (the characteristic of the subject)” is suitable. The characteristic may be color, size, shape, and the item itself must be in the room. The rest should guess what exactly the leader saw.
Older children can be offered the game "True or False."
And what methods have helped your baby learn patience? Share your life hacks!
