BUILDING MENTAL TOUGHNESS DAY 6 BY OLIVER MERCY ATIM
5. ALLOW YOUR CHILDREN TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
It can be tempting to smoothe or resume your children whenever they are struggling, but it's important to allow them to sometimes lose or struggle and insist that they are responsible even when they don't want to be. Dealing with small struggles on their own can help children to build their mental strength.
6. BUILD CHARACTER
Children with a strong moral compass and value system will be better able to make healthy decisions. You can help by instilling values such as honesty and compassion and creating learning opportunities that reinforce those values, regularly.
7. MAKE GRATITUDE A PRIORITY.
Practicing gratitude is on of the greatest things you can do for your mental health, and it's no different for children.
Gratitude helps us to keep things in perspective even during the most challenging times. To raise a mentally strong child, you should encourage them to practice gratitude on a regular basis.
8. AFFIRM PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Accepting responsibility for your actions or mistakes is also part of building mental strength. If your child is trying to blame others for the way he/she thinks, feels or behave, simply steer them away from excuses and allow for explanation.
9. TEACH EMOTION REGULATION SKILL.
Instead of soothing or claiming down your child Evey time they are upset, teach them how to deal with uncomfortable emotions on their own so that they don't grow up depending on you to regulate their mood. Children who understand their range of feelings and have experience dealing with the ups and downs of life are mentally strong.
10. BE A ROLE MODEL FOR MENTAL STRENGTH.
There is no better way to teach a child than by example. To encourage mental strength in your children, you must demonstrate mental strength. Show them that you make self-improvement a priority in your life and talk about your goals and steps you take to grow stronger.
We meet tomorrow for the next session as we shall be looking at ways of building and improving resilience.
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Shalom.
Oliver Mercy Atim aka Oma the phenomenal mother
