Teach kids to learn from Failures
Nobody likes failure but it’s an unavoidable scenario and part of life. In some part of life, even our kids will come across a situation like this, can be a sport, school activity, competition or any other thing. As a parent and a responsible elder, we must keep this in mind and teach kids about learning from failure from a very early age.
You are not going to teach your kids about the failure by intentionally failing so that they can learn from it. But instead, you will prepare them by teaching perseverance, patience and strength. Examples work best on kids and every word pouring out of your mouth brings influence on your little one.
- Overcoming Negative Emotions-When coming across a situation where they face loss or failure, they tend to lean towards negative emotions, they might end up blaming other people for it. That’s where your role comes into action. Ask them: How do they feel? This will teach them to accept the emotion they are feeling, and help them express in simple words such as nervous, angry, sad etc. You should comfort them and explain that failures are part of life. Teach them, how to work on improvement and do not get angry as it may affect them negatively.
- Games-They are a perfect tool to teach kids about how to learn from failure. If they are not very familiar to it, they will loose and as they practise, they will get better at it. Not everything done at the first attempt leads to success. We learn from trying harder every time.
- Flexibility- We tend to give up or get overwhelmed when we come across a tough task or assignment. We convince ourselves into believing that we are not good enough and that’s when procrastination begins. We should teach kids to face the situation with better preparation and even if they fail, this should only lead to trying harder.
This is a process and the important lesson is to not focus on winning but learning. Even if you fail, that’s okay. As a parent, we should appreciate the efforts, not the win!
