More Chores Are Needed To Build Character In American Kids
Fatherly
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Sep 02, 2022
When you’re a kid, everything is a tragedy. Your grilled cheese has the crust
on? The horror. Can’t assemble that Lego set? Might as well stomp up and down.
As a parent, you can’t change this. What you can do is teach your kid how to
bounce back from their daily struggles so that, later on in life, when the
stakes are higher, they know what to do. Because resilience is a behavior
learned through explicit lessons and examples, one that teaches kids how to
better handle stress, understand that rejection is not a comment on their entire
existence, and view setbacks as things that don’t need to sideline them for
good. Teaching resilience is critical to the long-term wellbeing of children,
but it must be offered with emotional support and responsive parenting —
otherwise kids may be wracked with debilitating anxiety or struggle to succeed.
PARENTING
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Resilient Kids Come From Parents Who Do These 8 Things
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Letting your kids fail and talking to them about it goes a long way.
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The worst thing parents can do is rescue their kids too much.
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SELF
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10 Simple Exercises To Build Your Mental Toughness
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#1: Take cold showers.
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LIFE
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More Chores Are Needed To Build Character In American Kids
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Difficult and physical work breeds good values.
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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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The Tragic Decline Of Bored Kids And Dangerous Play
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Modern childhood leaves little time for free play. Experts think kids are
suffering because of it.
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Why Kids Need To Be Bored
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Boredom fuels creativity.
In a 2019 study, an Australian research team found that boredom can be creative
fuel. They found that people who completed a boring task (sorting beans) were
more creative and productive in idea generating activities than participants who
completed an engaging task (coming up with excuses for being late).
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Boredom helps kids figure out who they are
Want your kid to arrive at their own ideas and opinions? Have them embrace
boredom. Boredom expert Teresa Belton says the research shows that when they’re
not occupied, kids “take initiative and need not be completely dependent on
adults or anything ready-made.”
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The Importance Of Letting Your Kids Be Bored
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I Parented Like A German And Wound Up Playing With Fire
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WORK
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Learning How To Fail Better Is The True Secret Of Success
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In learning how to reframe failure — by meeting it with curiosity rather than
shame — you build both resilience and success.
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PARENTING
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Praise The Process, Not The Talent: How To Build A Growth Mindset In Kids
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Children who are taught to believe their intelligence can grow with hard work
are more likely to be resilient and confident when facing challenges.
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