HNow To Raise A Responsible Child

Raising A Responsible Child

Responsibility is not something a child learns overnight. A child develops responsibility through seeing responsibility modeled by others and by learning through consequences of right or wrong activities, actions and decisions.  Parents can help to instill responsibility in their children by not only modeling it, but by providing activities for their children to practice being responsible.

Include Young Children In Household Activities

Younger children learn responsibility mostly from role models. When parents pick up after themselves or make their bed, a child will want to do the same things, because they want to be like their parents.

Younger children should be included in activities their parents do even if they can not fully do the activities. When cooking, if there is something that they can stir, let them stir. When doing laundry, let them put clothes away or put them on hangers.

Assign Household Chores

Older children can be given the responsibility of a certain chore or a chore list. Financial rewards can be based on the chores being completed or the chores can be rewarded with privileges such as watching TV or playing a video game. If chores are not completed, their privileges would be lost. Older children will learn more by consequences.

Teach Financial Responsibility

Financial responsibility should be learned by children as early as possible. If an allowance is given, a child should learn to live within his or her means. Learning how horrible it is to be in debt can be taught through borrowing from a parent. Not being able to get a toy they want because they will not have an allowance coming for four or five weeks, because of something they bought will definitely help them to realize the impact of debt.

A responsible child is well accepted in any situation. When responsibility carries over into a child's adulthood, he or she is sure to have a successful future.

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