Preschoolers Values

Preschoolers Values

• Children are not born knowing what is acceptable and unacceptable. They watch how you behave and how you treat them and others.
• By visiting other people and their homes children discover that different people have different rules and views. Making them aware of these different beliefs and values and how these relate to your own can be a good idea.
• In the end children decide their own standards of behaviour. These develop from:
  • adult approval and disapproval of behaviour
  • growing self control
  • being aware of other people's feelings
  • wanting to be like their parents
  • a growing understanding and use of words
  • understanding cause and effect
  • learning what behaviour is allowed in the family
  • family conversations.
• By about the age of seven most people expect children to know what is acceptable and what isn't and to act accordingly.
• You can be a model for your children by discussing and living according to your own beliefs and values. But remember, children grow and their views may change with age and experience.

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