Helping children focus on more important things is the smartest
thing to do as a parent. Though technology has its advantages for children,
there is a whopping sum of disadvantages it has on children as well.
A child Losing
focus and concentrating on less significant things like playing
games, watching TV in excess are a few of the many negative sides of
technology.
In my post “The deadliest
parenting mistake every parent must know” I covered issues relating to
some of these negative effects.
In this article, I have proffered 4 easy solutions to this lack
of focus and concentration in children in more significant areas of their
lives, which I call “ The Redirection Principles.”
The redirection principle is simple but demands great commitment. It
is an attempt to divert children’s attention away from their many
insignificant involvements to more significant once.
The following are the steps to follow to divert children's focus
I. MAKE A LIST
Making a clear list of everything of value you would want
your kids to indulge in and also make another list containing those trivial
things they have, or could indulge in is a smart way to start.
Making these two lists is very crucial to get a child to redirect. I
know you may be asking, why make another list of less significant
things?
Don't forget you are dealing with kids. You shouldn't totally alienate them
from doing those things that truly make them kids.
The whole essence of the lists is to make kids more focused on the
significant things and less focus on the trivial once.
II. II. COMMUNICATE THE LIST
After the list-making, discuss the list with them. Let them know
the benefits of indulging in the set of values you have listed out for them.
Also, let them know the insignificance of those they have suggested as valuable
to them.
Things like education, gifts, and talents, engaging in self
developments, and so on are things children can focus on.
Don’t end
without alerting them on the dangers of excessively indulging in frivolities.
III. HELP THEM REDIRECT
Children like challenges, awards, and rewards. Use this
strategy to motivate them and keep them committed. This will
ultimately redirect their
attention.
Ensure that most of the kids’ time is devoted to doing
the more
valuable things you have already discussed with them.
I suggest that about 90% of their focus
be on the more
significant
areas of their lives such as their talents, gifts,
education,
and vocations and let the less significant matters
such
as seeing movies, playing games, visiting the park,
take
only 10%.
This principle will not only make them futuristic, but it also will
inundate
their thoughts and mentality with a sense of
work,
purpose and responsibility.
IV. NEVER
REPEAT THE MISTAKE: YOU NEED ALL THE FRIVOLITIES MORE THAN YOUR KIDS
One terrible mistake most parents make is, they think games,
cartoons, play parks, play stations, etc. are meant primarily for kids. It is
not true.
It is rather a misconception Satan uses to distract children from
realizing their full potential in this century characterized by great science
and technology.
The movies they see and the games they play inordinately are
people’s ideas, talents, and natural abilities. If they devote all their time
and energy patronizing people’s ideas, what time would they have to unleash
theirs?
Contrary to what many believe, parents need all the movies,
games, outings, and trips more than kids.
As a parent, you probably have
achieved a level of success so you can relax and engage in that not-so-important stuff, but not your kids. Don’t ruin their lives by allowing
them to entangle more with valueless things.
Don’t forget that the mentality,
perception and lifestyle children pick up in childhood will escort them to
adulthood if nothing is done about it.
It is therefore every parent’s
responsibility to pave a clear path where children can successfully navigate
the vicissitudes of life.
Parents should try to ensure that their children spend the
most part of their lives discovering and developing themselves so that they can
as well discover and unleash their own potential and eventually
become children who would grow up to become adults of value to not just their
immediate society but the world at large.
To do this, you have to dust off the
slates of their minds and fill it with good virtues and values that will help
them become better individuals in the future.
TAKE AWAY QUOTES
·
Focus is the greatest construction company. With the
use of the mind and imagination It can build one's entire life.
·
What you allow your children to focus on today, will
determine what they become tomorrow.
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