Workshop on 'Importance on Parent Child Communication'.

Workshop on Importance on Parent Child Communication.

Dear Parents,

Talent Hub has Organized a parents workshop on Saturday, 30th July 2016.

We have a renowned doctor with us, who will enlighten the parents on the following topics like:-

·        Lying: Why Children lie and how to handle.

·        Punishment v/s Positive reinforcement.

·        Importance of Parent-Child Communication, etc.

Attending the workshop will surely help our parents to settle their Queries.

Children might lie to:

·         cover something up so they don’t get into trouble

·         see how you’ll respond when you hear them lie

·         make their story more exciting or make themselves sound better

·         get attention, even when they know you know the truth

·         get something they want – for example, saying to grandma, ‘Mum lets me have lollies before dinner’.

When do children start lying?

Children can learn to tell lies from an early age, usually by around three years of age. This is when your child starts to realise that you aren’t a mind reader, so he can say things that aren’t true without you always knowing.

Children lie more at 4-6 years. Your child might get better at telling lies by matching her facial expressions and the tone of her voice to what she’s saying. If you ask her to explain what she’s saying, she’ll usually own up.

When children reach school-age, they might lie more often and can be better at lying. The lies also get more complicated, because your child has more words and is better at understanding how other people think.

By eight years, children can lie successfully without getting caught out. 

Encouraging children to tell the truth

Once children grow old enough to understand the difference between true and not true, it’s good to encourage and support them in telling the truth.

You can do this by emphasizing the importance of honesty in your family and praising your child for honesty – even if it sometimes takes you a while to get it.

You can also send messages about honesty by telling your child that you don’t like it when he lies to you. For example, you could try saying something like, ‘When you don’t tell me the truth, I feel sad and disappointed’.

Dear Parents, Remember this :- Children do as you do. 
Your child watches you to get clues on how to   behave in the world.      You’re her role model, so use your own behaviour to guide her. What you do is often much more important than what you say. If you want your child to say ‘please’, say it yourself. If you don’t want your child to raise her voice, speak quietly and gently yourself.

Get down to your child’s level. Kneeling or squatting down next to children is a very powerful tool for communicating positively with them. Getting close allows you to tune in to what they might be feeling or thinking. It also helps them focus on what you are saying or asking for. If you are close to your child and have his attention, there is no need to make him look at you.

Maintain a sense of humour. Another way of diffusing tension and possible conflict is to use humour and fun. You can pretend to become the menacing tickle monster or make animal noises. But humour at your child’s expense won't help. Young children are easily hurt by parental ‘teasing’. Humour that has you both laughing is great.

With punishment, always remember that the end result is to try to decrease the undesired behavior. Positive punishment involves adding a negative consequence after an undesired behavior is emitted to decrease future responses. Negative punishment includes taking away a certain desired item after the undesired behavior happens in order to decrease future responses.