A skill that children will benefit from learning is moderation. Caregivers can give a lot of opportunities for children to practice this critical life skill.
Is it Misbehavior or Too Much?
Too much of anything – toys, treats, activities – can be harmful to children. Rushing from one activity to another can be stressful. It robs children of downtime to re-energize themselves. Kids who are tired and overscheduled are more likely to misbehave.
Tips to Avoid Overindulgence
Successful Children & Adults
Children need enriched environments, but too much is as bad as too little. Overindulgence prevents children from learning age-related tasks and life skills. Moderation helps develop basic skills, confidence, and self-esteem levels, as well as morals and emotions.
What Do Children Need?
Children need love, guidance, shelter, food, clothing, medical care, and experiences that help them learn.
Children need structure. It is helpful to have both flexible and non-flexible rules. For example, young children are not ready to cross the road by themselves, as they grow and learn the skills needed the rules change. (Examples of flexible rules could include the order in which your child gets ready for the day or bedtime.)
Children need opportunities to moderate themselves as they grow. Spending all the allowance on a toy, choosing swimming or playing at the park or two stories at bedtime instead of singing are all opportunities for choice within limits of time and money.
Children need adults who love them unconditionally.
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