![]() ![]() ![]() We even cut coupons from the newspaper every Sunday. ![]() They each had their own piggy bank, and they filled them penny by penny. We didn't have much money when they were growing up, so we saved for what we wanted. ![]() Here's the opposite of teaching patience: letting a kid be online for the entire day - in the car, in restaurants, at the dinner table.įor my girls, waiting and saving were part of our lives. A study on delayed gratification found that kids who are able to wait longer for rewards tend to have better life outcomes. Self-regulation is made up of many skills, and one of them is patience. How many of us adults have felt that way when someone checked their phone during a conversation? Yes, phones are addictive, but for our children's sake and ours, we must set boundaries. Thirty-two percent of kids felt "unimportant" when their parents were on the phone. Remember, our kids are constantly watching and copying us!Įven worse, a survey of over 6,000 participants found that 54% of kids thought their parents used their devices too frequently. We've all been there.Ĭhildren can have a hard time self-regulating because their parents model this behavior. Think of the last time you were eating lunch while typing an email while listening to a podcast and checking your phone each time it dinged. Model a healthy relationship with technology. Self-regulation begins to develop rapidly in the toddler and preschooler years, so the sooner we start teaching it, the better. ![]()
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