Childhood isn't
exactly stress-free. Kids take tests, learn new knowledge, change school,
change friends, get sick and occasionally get hurt by their siblings and
friends as well. What helps kids to overcome these challenges is resilience.
Resilient kids are problem solver and they tend to face unfamiliar or tough
situations to find solutions.
My daughter is going through big changes in her life as she has entered Standard One this year. From
kindergarten to a totally new primary school. She has to face new environment,
new friends and new teachers. I have accompanied her to the school
for the first 2 days, I saw anxiety and worried from her face. She did not cry and
ready to take challenge for the new school. She was very fast to adapt to
the environment in the school. Her progress are going well and stable now at
school. During the first 2 days, I have been teaching her how to buy the food from
the canteen and now she purchased food daily from the canteen. I want her to
learn how she going to face the challenges and take a
step out from the comfort zone.I am proud to say that she did a good job so far!
I basically do not accommodate every need of my kids and I teach
them concrete skills. I train my kids to eat on their own since young. They
always asking the parent to pamper to feed them food, but I decided not to feed
and let's them eat themselves.
My son are
originally feel shy, he really scare to go on stage and talk in public. By
bringing him to KidZania
for the magic show and fashion show, he has the experience to be presented in
from of people. He becomes more
brave and able to talk more now compared to last time.
I like to ask my kids questions with ‘How’. I want to see how they are going to answer so that I can guide them to get the correct solution. For example, my little girl was crying and
I will asked how can you make your sister stop crying? They will provide a lot of options or solutions to me
such as give sweet to her, make milk for her or hug her. I will explain to them
please ask the little girl why she crying and give her the necessary things after found out from her.
I enjoyed
playing puzzle with my kids and it trains their
thinking process. When they play puzzle they are
actually solving a problem. Every time, I will guide them how to solve the
problem. There always accident happened in the house such as they pour out water on the floor and they wet theirs shirt. I will ask them to take
the cloth to clean the place and change their clothes.
My kids will feel frustrated or break out when they don't know how
to do their homework or eat something sour or spicy. I will always advise and
teach them how to handle their emotion properly, as crying
is not a way for problem-solving. I would also
listen to my kids to know why they are feeling that way and encourage them to
have a positive emotion.
I am happy to bring my kids to KidZania as I see they’ve learnt to solve
a lot of problems in there
and train them to be ready for
any challenges in real life. KidZania allows them to develop their skills and
knowledges through each role-play occupation. Each jobis required them to solve
the problems from the activities, which I really believe that it helps them a
lot to be resilient in their daily life.
In
conclusion, as parents, we need to let our kids know that it is fine to make
mistakes. Life is full of challenges, so learning from mistakes is a good way
to make us better and definitely it helps us to solve the problem if we are at
the same situation again. Role play really help in training them to become
tough and resilient!
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more information about KidZania Kuala
Lumpur, please visit KidZania
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