The Optimistic Child
Even the coward child can learn to be optimistic according to the expert. To be optimist is a skill to makes their life became more ease. How is the way?
- Show that what they have done were useful.
If a child feels that his/her parent is pay attention, he/she will be optimist that they will always get your attention. Your child will know that he/she will get your attention if he/she can reach something more higher. - Give support.
More chance you give to your child, more optimist your child will learn to overcome their problems. If you often overcome their problem, they can felt weak, so let them overcome their problem. Maybe they will felt frustrate if many problems arise or happy if can finish their difficulties. So they will much learn. - Support your child to be a member of a group.
Example you can ask them to do housework for all family. It can help them to feel that they get support from many peoples so it will arise the hope. - Let them learn to take decision.
Give them chance to take decision appropriate to their age. If they face a problem in that, you can raise an open question that can help them to find the solution. - Show them that what they enter will they get.
The child that believe that someone can has much knowledge should do hard work to reach it, will learn to survive in their effort until reach their success. - About negative thinking.
What the optimist child will do if something bad happen? They will not see it as their fault that can’t be avoided, but they try to get an explanation and try other strategy for the future. So you can help your child to overcome their negative thinking. Also you can do it with humor.