Words of Affirmation

Spark The Fire In Your Children

The Power of Encouragement

To encourage means to instill courage. It is very important for parent to encourage their children to attempt more and to take more calculated risks. To a young child, almost every involvement is innovative. Learning to do math, new vocabulary words, or to ride a bicycle requires unceasing courage.

Many experts say that kids learn to express themselves by mimicking the adults in their environment, but they also mentioned it’s best for the adults to give words of encouragement such as, “that’s great, you’ve got it…”We should always encourage our kids in learning new words, developing new vocabulary, writing and reading well.

I know theory and practice are different, but as parents sometimes it may be difficult to use encouraging words; we must keep in mind that one aspect of feeling encouraged is feeling good physically. Exuberance and vitality require energy; by that I mean as parents we need to be well rounded, being in the best health physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. When we are in good mood, happy and feel encouraged, we are more able to encourage our children.

The greatest enemy of encouraging kids is rage. The more irritation the parents harbors, the more angers the parent will dump on the kids. This is a natural reaction, and the wise and thoughtful p parents will know when this is happen and he or she will do everything possible to keep it to a minimum and to handle it maturely.

I agree that Solomon was the wisest king to rule Israel. He wrote the book of Proverbs, the most practical book in the bible. He said, “A gentle answer turns away wrath.” I struggle with this myself, the volume and the tone of a parent’s voice has a great influence over a child’s reaction to what the parent says. It takes lots of practice for me to learn to speak softly and slowly and I am still not there yet. I do acknowledge that it is very important to remain calm when speaking with kids.