6 values to teach your child by age 10

Jorma Duran
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6 values to teach your child by age 10

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – It’s Parenting Connection Tuesday and 6 News is here for you with tips, strategies, and helpful reminders from child development experts on how we can be better parents and guardians.

Today’s topic: 6 values to teach your child by age 10.

A lot goes into raising kids beyond just providing the essentials of love, food, and shelter. Parents want their children to grow up and be great… and to be great means they have certain values that need to be taught.

Child development experts in a recent article on Parents.com say important values parents should strive for their kids to have need to be presented and taught to their kids before they hit the double digits in age. If not, it’ll be much harder to get them to change. So, here are the top 6 values to teach your child by the age of 10:

  • Honesty — Experts say lying is a common thing young kids do to avoid punishment for behavior they know is bad. So, you must emphasize to your children that telling the truth matters, and the best tactic for them to learn is by always modeling honesty to them and others.

  • Accountability — Experts say this is a crucial value for a child to learn because it sets the expectation for how they should act in everyday life.

  • Respect — Learning this value is vital because it means your child isn’t being a menace to others, and at the same time, having regard for someone’s feelings, wishes, rights, or traditions.

  • Empathy — Experts say, it helps them understand and connect with another person’s feelings.

  • Determination — Experts say, this value instills the ability for children to try their best, even if they feel nervous or intimidated.

  • Open Communication — Experts say, this allows children to freely express their wants, needs, and concerns productively.

Teaching these 6 values is an everyday task according to experts from parents.com… but when done correctly and consistently, your kids will then naturally be great at all of them.

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