10 Parenting Tips

Preschoolers are amazing little creatures. They can go, go, go all day, absorbing huge amounts of information on the fly. Being involved in Early Childhood Education for more than 15 years, These are some of the tips that I can share with parents in your child's development.

1. Use your imagination.
Preschoolers do. Everyday, all day long. Their developing imaginations help them to make sense of their world and since they have limited experience, imaginations help them to fill in the gaps. Imaginative play helps them understand new concepts in a non-threatening way.

2. Why is the sky blue?
Preschoolers have a ton of questions and rightly so. As their parent, you are the resident expert on all things in life. What a wonderful position of influence! Preschoolers need simple and direct answers, so save the complicated, technically correct answers for their science class in a few years.

3. Be patient.
Preschoolers are eager to learn about everything around them. However, they have limited attention spans and vocabularies. This can lead to frustration! One of our daughters at this age was interested in information she couldn't articulate yet. Sometimes she would sit crying while we would play a guessing game, trying to figure out what she was wanting to know. Over time and as her verbal abilities developed, she grew into an extremely descriptive person. Your ability to stay patient will help your little one develop patience with herself, too.

4. Sympathize with their struggles.
Along the same lines as being patient is to sympathize and empathize with your preschooler's struggles. Let them know you understand how tough some things are for them and that you are on their side. This age group really likes the idea that someone is their champion; it will help them listen to you even when they don't like what you have to say.

5. Play grown-up.
Preschoolers are wonderful imitators of all things adult. Providing a dress-up box filled with your cast off treasures is one of the best things you can do for your little one's play habits. Read a good book, then act it out together and you'll be your preschooler's best friend for life.

6. Boundaries with a bit of freedom.
Your young child needs to know where the limits of behavior are in your family. So tell her clearly and firmly. Then enforce those limits as necessary. This gives your child a tremendous sense of security and establishes you as a leader in her life; both concepts she will need as she grows. Include a bit of freedom within those boundaries; "you can play anywhere in your playroom or bedroom with those toys, but not in the living room." Such boundaries allow her to practice making small decisions and to learn self-control.

7. Active is best. Preschoolers need to be active! They are driven to move and explore. So make sure you include plenty of active time in each and every day. Television is not an active time so keep it to a minimum.

8. Educational toys are more fun.
Look for action-oriented toys that go along with your preschooler's action-oriented drive. One-use toys are simply boring at this age. Aim for toys that can be turned into multiple things and imaginative toys that require play-acting.

9. Enlist your preschooler's cooperation.
Appeal to your little one's sense of 'big girl' or 'big boy'. Ask him to help you carry the groceries inside or put the laundry away. Show how to fold clothes and set the table. If you start these simple tasks now, they will be habits by the time your child is old enough to do them well.

10. Sleep is good.
Make sure your preschooler gets an adequate amount of sleep each day. Some kids at this age still need naps, some do not. Your little guy or gal will function better, be more cooperative and enjoy each day more with the correct amount of rest. Make sure there is a quiet time in your home each evening that will signal to your preschooler that bed time is arriving.

Overcome Inferiority complex in children

Is your child suffering from inferiority complex? It is very important for every parent to observe their children and help them come out of any kind of inferiority complex.

The usual causes for inferiority complex are rejection by family, friends or peers, or exceptionally high expectations. If children are encouraged and eulogized, they are likely to develop self confidence. However, if they are frequently criticized and put down, they start feeling unimportant and irrelevant.

Children suffering from inferiority complex begin to ostracize themselves from the outside world and avoid coming out of their shell. Parents are the support system of children and they have what it takes to help their children overcome this disorder.

Avoid comparing your children and refrain from pressurizing them about anything against their will. Every child is special and they possess qualities different from others. Appreciate your child with every minute achievement. This will help them gain confidence in themselves and elevate their morale.

Help your child to be positive
Never allow the inferiority complex to get your child. Help your child to get rid of the fears and negativity which surround him. Make him realize that these feelings are imaginary and help them realize how wrong they feel about themselves. Only positive thinking can help your child to come out of the shell and get more public about it. Help your child to be more enthusiastic about him and thus boost his confidence levels.


Help your child to recognize his inner potential and capabilities
Try to recognize the hidden skills of your child and help them to nourish and develop it. If your child has any such skills like painting or music or craft help them identify their potential in that area and encourage them to work more on it. Try t make your child know and recognize his own talents which would boost his confidence levels.


Help your child to work out on the cause
Try to recognize what is the exact cause that makes your child feel inferior. If your child is overweight than the other children, help him lose it. If your child is poor in academic performance, help him score better. If your child has speech problem, take him to a speech therapist and try to help him. Thus whatever the problem that cause inferiority complex, help your child overcome it.


Accept the cause
If the cause for inferiority complex is far more than overcoming, like a body defect which can't be overcome than help your child to accept it. Make your child understand how few things can't be changed and how one can actually live with it. Once your child accepts the problem, then they hardly feel anything inferior about it. Thus by accepting the problem, they actually overcome it.