Top Picks- All you need to know about nurturing positive values in your child

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Instilling positive values in your children [Ward Therapy]: Every parent has a picture in their mind of how they want their child to turn out. Most parents want their children to be honest, responsible, polite, loving, hard-working, and happy. Other values and virtues that parents try to establish in their children may include a love of sports, an appreciation for art or music, a love of the outdoors, and community service. The list can go on and on. These various values fit into three broad categories; 1) Attitudes towards others, such as being polite, 2) Character traits, such as honesty, and 3) Lifestyle choices, such as a love of the outdoors. We often hope our children can attain these lofty values better than we do. There are several ways parents can instill these values, and “do as I say, not as I do” isn’t one of them.

10 Moral Values You Must Teach Your Kids [FirstCry Parenting]: Parenting is not just about caring for the physical growth of a child- it is every bit about enhancing mental growth, too. Parents, arguably, play the largest role in the character formation of their child and have the most impact on how the child turns out to be in life as he/she grows up. Some people argue that children learn morals on their own, or that preschool is too early for children to be learning about moral values and ideas. However, that is false; it is best to teach children values at a young age so that it becomes a part of their personality as they grow.

5 Values You Should Teach Your Child by Age Five [Parents.com]: Many parents think that it’s premature to teach values to a toddler or preschooler. But that’s a misconception. Here are the values that all children should develop by their fifth birthday, and some easy ways to make them stick.

To Raise Exceptional Children, Teach Them These 7 Values [Entrepreneur.com]: Any fact or a bit of knowledge we teach a child might be obsolete when they are adults, but values endure through all changes.

Easy at-home activities that teach positive values to young kids [Motherly.com]: values are basic, foundational beliefs that help us know right from wrong, that give balance and meaning to life and that enable us to form community bonds with one another. These soft skills are crucial for kids to learn at any age, and it’s important for them to be reinforced, both in the classroom and at home, throughout their childhood. Here are fundamental ways to build character in your young children.