“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill, Ex-Prime Minister of the UK
As parents, you would naturally want your children to succeed at every step along the way. In fact, we know that you would do everything you can to smoothen out the children’s path to success. However, it often happens that despite all the efforts, success ends up eluding the children for some reason or the other. And, this inevitably makes the kids feel disheartened and dejected, and at times makes them lose sight of the bigger picture.
At Yuvashakti Model School, we believe that you can teach the kids to learn through their setbacks and move ahead on the path to success persistently. And, we have a few ideas that will surely come to your aid in teaching the valuable life lessons to your kids.
Praise the efforts regardless of the outcomes
It is often seen that people usually end up praising the children for the accomplishment, with words like “such a wonderful performance in Math” or “congratulations for getting the first rank at the dance competition.” However, failures are generally met with “you’ll have to do better next time.”
How about also adding something like “I really like that you put so much effort into it. I’m sure you will do even better the next time”? It will give them the enthusiasm to continue working hard regardless of the setback.
Understand when to step in to shield your children
We advise parents time and again not to intervene at every step of the way because that takes the children away from being self-dependent. However, there are certain instances where it is important for you to step in to shield your children from the setbacks.
For instance, if your child feels bad because his friends did better than him, step in and help him understand that his only competition is himself. Bring him the costume for his school play in case he forgets it at home. The crucial thing is to let him know that you have his back even through setbacks.
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