How to teach children to get rid of cowardice and become more courageous?
After knowing the reason for the child's timidity, at this time, the most urgent thing for parents is to understand the fear in the child's heart. Timid children may feel unsafe in certain situations, so what are they afraid of? This is the crux of the problem and the key to solving it. Parents should be the first to notice when a child shows signs of timidity. At this time, considerate parents must first appease their children's emotions. After the child has calmed down, try asking him to describe what he is afraid of, whether it is a person, an event, or a scene? Convince your child that by speaking out about their fears, with parental love, the problem will be solved.
The next step is to help children eliminate fear and overcome timidity. If the child is afraid of strangers, parents should tell the child in advance which visitors are there and their names, so that the child has a general understanding of strangers and eliminates the sense of distance from strangers. Of course, parents also need to teach their children the skills of dealing with people and things, so that the children's hearts can settle down first, and they can go to meet strangers with confidence, so as to avoid being overwhelmed and more timid. If the child is only afraid of a certain person, parents may wish to communicate with this person, explain the child's fear of him, let him change his image, let the child feel his affinity, and then let the child contact him, and slowly eliminate the child's psychology Fear makes children have more fun in interacting with people.
Children's fear of the environment is mostly due to distrust and unknowability of the unknown world, such as darkness, ghosts, etc. At this time, parents need to give their children a scientific explanation, take them to explore the unknown world together, and let them understand that nature is very real, there are no ghosts at all, and the scenery in the dark is exactly the same as that in the sun, but the light makes people see Not sure. In this way, the child will naturally be bolder.
In addition, timidity in some formal occasions is also an adult problem. It is necessary to give children a little self-confidence. They will be less timid and inferior when they are fully prepared and shown in such occasions.
It should be pointed out that parents must not take the lead in frightening their children, let alone laugh at their timidity. Doing so will only reinforce their timidity, make them develop a bad self-perception in their hearts - "I'm a coward", and become even more timid.