Optimistic kids – Teaching and playing with children https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org Complete and comprehensive information Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:50:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/weefw.png Optimistic kids – Teaching and playing with children https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org 32 32 Is the Internet spoiling young children? https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/internet-spoiling-young-children/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/?p=86 Although there are countless positive things to be said about children using technology, there are disadvantages of kids’ using the Internet too. Today there are a lot of drawbacks for children using technology. They vary from major problems to minor issues, but both are equally significant.

Technology has a huge impact on education, and with this, children become too technologically reliant and become lazy. These days, children are receiving all of their knowledge from computers for schoolwork and projects. Although the internet is right a lot of the time, there are arguments that say that the internet still contains a lot of misinformation. This also supports the idea that children move away from the old, traditional way of learning which has proved not only to be more successful but also to be safer for the mind.

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Health and fitness has been vital to children from a very young age. However, with a huge increase in children’s use of technology, it can be noticed that more time spent using these devices, i.e. more screen-time, decreases the amount of time spent performing physical activities. It has a major impact on the health and well-being of a child, which means they don’t get the exercise they should be doing.

Creativity is a big part of young children’s growth. Through technology the creative capacity of a child can be significantly diminished. During the past, kids have used their imagination to grow their creativity, but now with the aid of the internet, kids literally look up anything and anything, so they don’t make full use of their imaginative mind.

Today’s children are starting to lose contact with their social competencies. Technology is one major explanation for that. Many kids today have some kind of computer or games console that seems to take control of their lives. It is vital for children to be physically engaging with people from a very young age, but technology interferes with this and as a result it creates a variety of knocks on effects, such as having poor social skills.

Apps including video games and consoles, and apps designed to entertain people isolating children. This too leads to very poor social skills but it can also lead to children’s health issues as they grow up.

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Manners and etiquette are another concern which is very evident in children today. Kids these days have their heads stuck in whatever device they might have.

So it can be said that there are many reasons why the Internet can spoil young children and it is my absolute conviction that these issues will only get worse as we move into the future.

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Raising an optimistic child https://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/raising-an-optimistic-child/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:27:50 +0000 http://www.augustalevylearningcenter.org/?p=10 Optimism is the key to starting a good life, and it also helps us through challenges of the life. But ever wondered how you can actually inculcate these qualities in your own kid. After all optimistic kids have a better chance at the life than the pessimist ones. They will remain a lot happy in their lives. In this article, we have mentioned a few of the points that will help you to develop these qualities in your own kid. This will also help them out to have a sunny outlook on the life and have an amazingly attractive personality.

There are a huge number of reasons that make it good to encourage optimism in kids. First of all optimistic kids have a better and long lasting positive effect on their physical and mental health. These kids have the tendency to live more than the average life expectancy. The points mentioned below will surely help you out and provide the kind of information you are looking for.

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Quit complaining

It is necessary that you must stop complaining about anything bad that is happening in your life. Complaining about the stuff will only create a negative environment around you. Providing your focus towards the negative thoughts surely will stop the positivity in your life. Instead, you need to start to talk about the positive things that are going on in your life. This will help you to deal with the negative thoughts that are going on in your life. Children often are known to imitate things that they see. If they see you have an optimistic approach towards life, they will do the same. That is why avoiding to complain about the things surely is the first step to develop optimism in your as well as your kid’s life.

Having high expectations

It is better to inculcate some of the self task habits in your child’s schedule. It will provide them a habit to do complete their chores by themselves. This routine will not only help the kids to develop optimism but is also helpful for the parents in reducing their workload. Children will feel proud because of the small achievements that they have completed. It will fill them completely with joy and happiness as they have done their own chores perfectly. You can also add up some kind of gifts to encourage them for the same.

Encourage their risk taking capabilities

We are always excessively worried about our kids and often stop them from a number of tasks in order to protect them. You always want to shield your kids from the situations that can lead them into some kind of danger. But discouraging kids from any of the activity will only end up undermining their confidence, and they will just seep into the pessimism. That is why it is necessary to build up their confidence and push them towards being optimistic. It will be only done by letting them take small risks and discover the world on their own.

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