A Parent's Role in Children's Development

Every parent was a child at one time. Each of us has heard the words of others, picked up their suggestions and made them into beliefs. Some of those beliefs have been helpful, many may have placed limits on us based on the source. A parent's role in children's development is as effective as the thoughts, words, feelings and actions given to children.

As adults, we can work very hard to re-program our minds using positive affirmations.  Now that we know the benefits and power of believing in ourselves, we can use positive affirmations in children’s development.  By using affirmative love, support, praise and encouragement right from the early stages of their learning, you create a confident and resourceful core in their subconscious minds.

Psychologists have known for some time how children develop. Children are like sponges.  They absorb so much from their environment, even before they begin talking.  What they learn and experience at a very young age may not be remembered by their conscious minds, but the feelings and self-talk becomes embedded in who they are and what they believe about themselves.  Children's social development is connected to what they learn about themselves in their families.

For example, if a child believes they are uncoordinated, they may have trouble with sports.  Whether someone tells them directly or they overhear an adult say it, they can easily come to believe it about themselves.  This can impact the way they approach any activity that requires them to use coordination.  They could develop self-esteem issues in other areas, as well.

You can see how easy it can be for your child’s confidence to be damaged.  What you need to do is turn it around to your advantage and introduce positive affirmations at a young age.  This will give your child a strong basis for believing in him or herself and his or her abilities.  Child development experts swear by this technique.  Think of raising your child like building a brick wall.  You have to have strong quality bricks at the bottom or base of the wall to make sure it can be safely built on.  If you don’t, it takes a lot of work to take each one down and start again!  This is why we are seeing a lot of childrens development affirmation books and CD's in the present day.

So how do you use the "I Treasure You" notes method to affirm children during child develpment stages? First, observe your child's behavior. Reward the positive behavior with an affirming note on the "I Treasure You" note card. Second, watch your child's personality development. You can easily use an "I Treasure You" note to reinforce the strengths that a child has, like a sense of humor, perseverance with achieving a task, new lessons learned, and so on.

Parents and relatives are the most powerful influences in a child's life.  The child development stages of a child's mind grow slowly in determining which words are helpful and which are not. Moms, dads, siblings and relatives have the duty to provide information that is helpful to the child's growth. If you scold your child, it hurts his or her feelings and if you praise him or her, he or she feels wonderful.  Having such a strong impact and so much power over someone’s life is a big responsibility.  Choosing to teach children to utilize affirmations is using this position with the best possible intentions.