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Teaching Responsibility to Children
One of the most difficult things we can teach our children is responsibility. While knowing right from wrong may be the first step, getting your child to knowingly and willingly act in a responsible manner is the ultimate goal. The concept of responsibility, like most general ideas, can be difficult for children to grasp.
We never want to restrict our childâs freedoms or stifle them in anyway. Of course, we often feel we are doing just that when we attempt to teach responsibility. If we go to far, we may even cause them to rebel.
Educating them about consequences may be the key to teaching responsibility. It can start with something as simple as, âif you donât clean your room, you cannot watch TV tonight; the choice is up to you.â Giving them a specific choice, with a specific consequence will help teach them what affects their decisions have. By repeating choices and consequences to them in this manner, we can help make a lasting impression.
By allowing them to make a conscious choice, they will not feel forced or bullied. Most children will see a sense of fairness in the options.
The choices and consequences we provide will depend on the childâs age. Telling a 7 year old the consequence of doing drugs may involve living on the street may not make sense to them. However, telling them the consequence of not eating their greens means they cannot have dessert is bound to cause a connection.
Removing privileges is the most common consequence for certain behaviors or not performing certain tasks. The child will begin to see that when they get their homework done, or clean their room, they are rewarded for it. This helps define a general foundation that can lead to self-aware responsibility.
Children, especially teenagers, want have a sense of autonomy. If we restrict it too much, they will only rebel. It is important to allow a certain amount of freedom and to not be too strict.
The goal is not to force responsibility, but rather to encourage them to develop it on their own. Take an active interest in their life and help guide them with goals and rewards. Teach them responsibility without becoming a drill sergeant.
Matt Adler
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they learn how to take care of things. quite simply ahah. like feeding anmd walking , it shows responsibility , anbd deff maturity if they start doinbg these things wihtout you nagging them. thats hgreat
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I think a dog “can” teach a lot of things. However I think it’s the parents who teach children about responsiblity and how to care for a dog… not the other way around.
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The Child would have to have a schedule when to feed , walk, exercise, and nurture the dog. So they would have a better understand of timing and being on time. They would also learn how to love and take care of a creature!
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I don't think having a dog teaches responsibility. Parents teach responsibility. If the family has a dog and the parents care responsibly for the dog and if they assign chores related to the dog to the children and then follow through to make sure the kids actually do them, that teaches responsibility. But it doesn't have to be a dog. It can be caring for plants, helping an elderly neighbor, volunteering with a local charity or any number of other things. There are lots of responsible people who have never owned a pet.
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Well, dogs have to be fed, walked, played with, taken to the vet when ill, etc. etc. etc. There is no 'I don't feel like it', or 'I'm sick', there is no 'I'm bored with the dog and don't want to'. It's a living breathing creature and must be cared for. Period. The theory is that the child will learn about being responsible for another life. Of course, no child should ever be 100% responsible for a dog. Ultimately the parents are responsible for making sure the dog is being properly cared for, treated with love and respect, and provided vet treatment when necessary. Also, having a dog teaches kids nothing about responsibility when the parents don't display responsibility towards the pet as well.
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A dog won’t teach a child responsibility. Parents showing a child how to care for an animal properly teaches the child about responsibility.
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Having a dog won’t teach responsibility to children unless their parents are very responsible for the dog and allow the children to help, at first, then later take on some of the responsibilities involved in good dog care, training, etc.and more as they grow up.
Children need to learn responsibility so that they can become able to take care of themselves and others, too, later on in life. Responsibility starts with little things, such as learning to tie your shoelaces then becoming responsible for tying your laces.
Being an adult means taking on a load of responsibilities. An irresponsible person will fail at life. It is best to start learning responsibility young, in order to be a successful adult.
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Child development experts have long believed that children should have exposure to household pet companions. Having a pet has many advantages:
- Pets teach children about the existence of other living creatures first-hand rather than on television.
- Pets help children understand nature’s ways and the authentic natural world rather than animated cartoons where all the animals, predators and prey, get along famously. Nice, but it teaches a false perception of the ways of the animal kingdom. Perhaps your toddler is not ready to watch the National Geographic channel where predators mercilessly run down their prey and eat them alive. But the misconceptions of movies such as “The Lion King” don’t prepare your child for the real cycle of life.
- Owning and caring for a pet teaches your child responsibility and accountability. Fish die when they aren’t fed. Hamsters squeal in pain if they’re squeezed. Puppies have housebreaking accidents that need to be cleaned up. Animals aren’t like stuffed Teddy bears; they need food, water, veterinary care, and a clean environment.
- Pets die. Children often have their first brush with death and grief when a beloved pet dies or must be euthanized. Understanding a pet’s death is a dress rehearsal for the death of Grandmother or Uncle Bob. Coping with death is an important part of a child’s socialization.
- Having a pet teaches toddlers the essential skill of empathy with other people and with animals. At this age, children should be developing a sense of compassion and emotional intimacy with others. This is how they learn to make friends and to avoid doing things that hurt others. Caring for a pet is the perfect opportunity for toddlers to learn kindness and tolerance.
As far as why teach children responsibility? I hope you are not serious? It’s a parent’s job to teach their children to be responsible, to have good manners, and many other things that will enable the child to live successfully in adult society.
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It teaches them the value of another life, and how hard it is when that life is lost, and how to take care of another living thing. I know I learned really quick how to take good and proper care of my two dogs!
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having any pet teaches a child to care about the well-being of something other than itself. when a child had any pet be it a dog or a hamster it learns to take care of it by feeding it, changing its bedding, thinking about the animals needs, is it hot or cold? hungry or thirsty? and to have empathy if the animal isn’t well, sad or happy? responsibility is something that is learned and that there are consequences if a pet is not looked after properly that is sadly it could die.
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how does having a dog teach children responsibility?
can someone tell me how having a dog teaches responsibility? and why should children learn responsibility???
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