5 Strategies to Teaching Kids Patience

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It’s easier to be patient as an adult if you learn how to be patient as a child. Young children whose parents strive to teach patience when they’re young grow up to have more self-control and more long-term critical thinking skills.

5 Steps to Teaching Kids Patience

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Step 1 – Teach Patience by Starting Small

Off-white Section Separator Next time your 2 or 3-year-old asks for a drink or a snack, tell them, “Yes, I will help you!” But then move slowly. Let your child see that you are ‘working on it’ but don’t dash to help as fast as you can.

Off-white Section Separator Step 2 – Wait A Little Longer (Avoid Instant Gratification) Once you’ve had some success with the ‘moving slowly’ method, move onto the ‘wait a little longer’ method. This just means when your child asks you to get him something tell him you would LOVE to help him, but you need to finish one thing first.

What helps me the most when I’m feeling impatient and irritable? Somebody acknowledging that waiting is no fun (and no fair!) but that they admire me for trying my best to wait. You know what? Kids are the same way!

Off-white Section Separator Step 3 – Acknowledge The Difficulty in Waiting Patiently

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