Childcare and Guidance

I Can Do It! 6 Tips for Teaching Your Children Self Reliance

(1) Allow your children to make some decisions: Even young children can make sound decisions if you give them a few select choices. Do you want to wear the red shirt or the blue shirt? Would you like a peanut butter sandwich or a cheese sandwich?
(2) Encourage your children to try tasks on their own
3) Model responsibility and self reliance: Parents have many responsibilities—let your child see them and hear about them!
4) Be your child's coach rather than his sage
(5) Be a good support system: Sometimes this means cheering them on from the sidelines and other times it means encouraging them to try again.
(6) Provide them with responsibilities: Chores are great for teaching children how to be self reliant as well as how to work as a team.