There’s a fine line between treating your kids and indulging in them so much that they become spoilt. It’s important that you’re doing all you can to provide what you can for your children in life. For some, that’s vastly different from one family to the next.
There’s no limit to what you are able to provide to your children but a lot of that is influenced by wealth and luck in life. Even those with hardly anything can treat their kids. How much is too much though? Here are some tips on how to treat your kids without spoiling them.
Stick to your rules and discipline is crucial
Every parent has rules that they set for their child or children and will discipline them in different ways when needed. This is something that shouldn’t go unchecked or simply disappear because it’s not something you can be bothered to keep up.
It’s important to stick to rules because a lot of their life will consist of rules in different capacities. Be a rule breaker is sometimes necessary but in the right scenario or context. For the most part, it’s important to be the right role model and show that you too can stick to rules and provide discipline to yourself and your children.
Provide your children with chores in return for rewards
In order to provide your children with rewards, they need to be willing to work for it. After all, they may spend a lot of their adult life working and not always getting a reward to show for it.
To help ensure your children grow up to expect this, you can start using this method within the home. If your child wants an ice cream from the ice cream van that comes around every Friday or a trendy doll from LOL Surprise, give them chores.
They’ll soon understand that in life, in order to get the rewards, you need to work for them. Nothing much in life is free anymore.
Let your children understand the disappointment
Sometimes we can’t always get what we want and that’s a part of living life. You don’t always get the answer yes. You don’t always get a win. While we’d all want that, all the time, that’s unfortunately not the reality or world we exist in.
Therefore, it’s important not to give your children that false sense of security that everything they’ll ask for, they’ll get. That in a way, is going to spoil them.
Don’t say yes to everything
While it’s hard to say no, it’s important to show restraint and to not say yes all the time. By saying yes all the time, you again, show your child or children that they’ll be able to get everything that they want in life.
Although it’s hard, make sure you’re saying no to some of their requests. It’s also important not to bargain with your child, as that again can bode badly.
Treating your kids without spoiling them is difficult but doable. Make sure to follow these tips to get it right.
