You may have heard that patience is a virtue but it is not one that people demonstrate automatically. Patience has to be taught and if you start when your child is a toddler, you will help equip him or her to handle challenges later.
You may have heard that patience is a virtue but it is not one that people demonstrate automatically. Patience has to be taught and if you start when your child is a toddler, you will help equip him or her to handle challenges later.
On Education.com, an expert from the National Association of Social Workers, wrote, "One way to teach patience to kids is by distracting them for short periods of time, if they are demanding attention." She also shared her experience: Since she could not sit with her daughter until she fell asleep, she offered to check on her every ten minutes.
Use Stories Tell your children stories that involve patience using their toys as characters. Some children will react better to this approach than if you tell the child he or she must be patient. They may ask questions about how and why someone should be patient in a fictional story that they don’t want to ask about themselves.
Recognize True Patience. Education.com warns against thinking that TV will teach patience. Television will get children to be quiet, "but does not instill the true quality of patience. This virtue comes from inside out and not from outside in.”
At Horizon Education Centers, the 1:7 ratio of our qualified staff to toddlers in our Toddler Care program means that each child gets to interact with us frequently. Toddlers who receive responsive care are less likely to get in trouble, get hurt, or experience extreme frustration.
