Many parents experience embarrassing situations and complaint from other guardians because of their children’s indecent behaviors while at home, school or outside. However, teaching your children discipline is not an impossible proposition. Robert Brooks, the author of Raising A Self-Disciplined Child, suggests that your child will rapidly learn to behave gently and barely show resistance if you take care of his/her needs from the age of two. There are four rules which will help you teach your baby to control his/her manners.

Create rules:

If babies understand they can do whatever they want, they will start crying and throwing things to create disorders to fulfill their demands. Make them conscious about the limits. You can do the following things for this.

Explain the reasons:

If you explain a reason why you are asking your child to do a particular thing, your child becomes likely to follow properly. For example, you can tell your baby that it is good for health if you go to sleep early. You can also tell him/her to keep his/her toys in a single location so that he/she can find them the next day when he/she needs them again.

Express admiration:

Do not forget to admire anything good done by your baby. Admiration can work as a form of inspiration for your baby to do good things. For example, you can admire the baby for playing peacefully with other kids. You can also admire him/her for growing up well.

Follow the rules yourself:

Remember that your child learns to do things from the way you do. If you stay unorganized or undisciplined, your child will learn to be that way. So, try to follow the rules and help your child do the same.

Try to grow conscience in your child:

Do not try to remove any bad feeling of your baby that he/she has got from doing anything beyond the routine. Allow him/her to feel the ills of it. Then, tell him/her if he/she feels bad doing a particular thing. Tell him/her not to do that again. Upon hearing that he/she will not do that again, use some words of admiration.

Teach the baby the ways of problem solving:

The main reason of a child’s indecent attitude is his/her disappointment and inability. You can do the following things:

Let him/her make decisions:

As your child grows up, let him/her make decisions. For example, you can allow him/her to choose the tiffin for school, clothing for sleeping etc. Such small decisions will make him/her mature enough to become smart. If both of your children are at war, allow them to continue the fight and wait for a while. You will see they come to a harmony after some time.

Advise for efforts:

Encourage your child to do things on his/her own like putting on school uniform, socks, shoes, putting off them and keeping them in the right place. If he/she fails once, ask him/her to do it again. It will help him/her learn.

Teach how to think:

Let your baby find answers to his/her questions on his/her own. Instead of giving answer to a question directly, ask him what he/she thinks should be the answer. At this action, your child will become confident of his/her own capability in solving problems.

Teach how to have patience:

Nobody, especially the children do not want to be patient as they feel the need for anything. Teach him/her the way of patience so that in future, when he/she will be adult, he/she can save himself/herself from any mistakes that could be done in the feat of any inclination or persistence. You can do the things below for this.

Make your baby learn how to wait:

Do not give tour child something instantly as he/she wants. Make him learn how to wait for the right time to get anything. Give the thing at the right time.

Try to know his/her feelings:

Waiting for too long on something may bring frustration in your child’s mind. Tell him that he/she has done something pretty good and that he/she is patient enough. Admire him/her for his/her patience. It will make him/her become more patient.

Engage your child in activities that enhance patience:

You can engage your child in activities like gardening, puzzle solving, etc. which will make him how to take patience without being disturbed or frustrated.

Teach the baby to become sympathetic:

Try to raise sympathy in your baby’s mind. Ask him to give his/her toy to another child who wants it. You can ask him/her about his/feelings if anyone refuses to give him/her the toy. Try to socialize your child.

Conclusion:

You cannot teach your child all the above things at a time. You need to have patience and proper enthusiasm so that one day, when your child grows up, you can take pride in his/her behavior.

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