Creating
a positive sense of competition in your child
Positive
measures to help your child develop a positive competitive streak.
Give
your child the opportunity to achieve something that he didn’t
think possible.
Help
your child to look for the best use of his personal resources.
Provoke
situations so that you can reinforce and continuously support your
child.
Help
your child discover which of his own resources he can use in different
action areas.
Give
your child positive feedback on concrete things that he has satisfactorily
carried out.
Organize
role plays so that your child learns and understands what it is
like to be an explorer, artist, judge, teacher, etc.
Organize
tasks that make your child think at a different level.
Take
advantage of any situation to ensure that your child overcomes feelings
of incompetence and becomes dynamic and confident in himself. Your
child needs to know that he can learn from any piece of information,
situation or context.
Organize
reinforcing games like creating a relationship where the members
have certain qualities (like those of your child) plus others. Later
read out the qualities. At the end compare the positive characteristics
which your child has given each character with his own.
Organize
small get-togethers after school for the children to celebrate certain
events; successful team work, winning a football game, someone’s
birthday and create in your child the role of host.
Give
certificates for actions that you are proud of. Everyone likes to
receive certificates for different things.
The characteristics
and measures suggested for any of the 5 components, although they
have been indicated, form a child’s perspective and can be applied
to ourselves and to our relationships with the child inside us. The
child inside us is the part of us that for whatever reason, still
hasn’t matured. It remains blocked in its maturing process to
now be used as a survival mechanism adopted, reinforced and modified
in childhood. The child inside us provokes childish reactions when
we are adults and it needs to be recognised, thought about and integrated
into our personality. This process is the process of personal growth.
The work
that we carry out with our children so that they can reach an adequate
level of self-esteem, represents a positive time to work and achieve
results; personal self development in ourselves.
It is a
way for all of us to enter into a stage where we mutually support
and motivate in order to create a more correct direction in our lives.
