As we live in challenging times, children need to learn and grow by overcoming the challenges and creating a win-to-win environment for their careers and life. A famous quote by Nelson Mandela – “Children of today are the leaders of tomorrow,” is inspiring. Self-discipline, teamwork, and problem-solving skills can be taught to the children, positively impacting them in their lives to become great leaders. There are many programs globally, such as training on leadership skills, which can be enrolled at any point in our respective careers. The best and foremost time to help to impart the leadership skills is at the school level age.

LET US NOW DISCUSS SOME OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS THAT WILL ENABLE THE CHILDREN TO LEARN QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP:

Adaptability – Children are naturally resilient, and while most of them are comfortable at handling changes, some are not. At this time of the global pandemic, parents now have more time to spend with their children at home and can help their kids in their respective education.
Adaptability has to be built as a practical skill, which helps children navigate this ever-changing world more successfully. There are three types of adaptability such as

Cognitive Adaptability: This enables kids to focus on different types of tasks. For instance, children need a mindset to handle different kinds of challenging tasks such as solving math problems, solving a puzzle, and quickly moving from one lesson to another.

Behavioural Adaptability: It is all about children adjusting their actions regarding the dynamic circumstances. Parents must help children in shifting gears from playing games with friends to paying attention to online classes.

Emotional Adaptability: Encourage the children to learn how to manage their emotional responses and appreciate how they react to the new challenges. This will help children be emotionally adaptable and cope with the different challenges and handle any emotional situations more comfortably.

2. Self-Management: Self-management is all about teaching children to pay attention to their behaviour and complete their daily activities. It teaches them what is expected from them and the tasks they are supposed to do on a daily routine. Encouraging children in their goal setting, behaviour monitoring, and creating a positive environment will enable them to bring out the best in them. Self-Management among the kids can be achieved by following a checklist such as by understanding the child’s current level of self-management skills
Understanding the interests of the child can be actively used to initiate a self-management plan for the kid
Considering the challenges and other factors that a child faces in implementing a self-management plan.

3. Crisis Management: As a parent, we tend to give gifts to the children and sometimes it is okay to break this practice. In this way, the child will learn to accept the disappointment and learn that they cannot get everything they desire, and their thought process will be more realistic.

4. Acquisition of New skills: As we know, an ideal leader is a person who possesses multiple skills. By observing the interest and hobbies in your child such as sports, dance, music, painting, etc., you can make your child adapt to any two or three hobbies, which will help them to keenly focus on learning new things and ultimately make learning a habit.

5. Planning & Forecasting: Developing planning skills among children helps them be aware of their responsibilities and goals. Children can schedule their time for reading, playing, homework, playing video games, etc. Let the kids take suggestions and corrections from you regarding their final plan and ready to help them stick to their plan.

Apart from the above, there are many other aspects to be considered, such as encouraging team activities, developing decision-making skills, encouraging perseverance, and emphasizing the value of reading, ultimately contributing to developing leadership skills in children.

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“Habit” according to the Oxford dictionary simply means something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it, in order to create the “Reading Habit” in young children, parents need to start reading to them even before they learn to read and do it daily to create the reading habit. Like the mother tongue, the child needs to hear the language (second) in order to understand it. And through illustrated books, they are able to comprehend the text.

Often busy parents say they can’t find the time to read along with their child not realizing that reading together could be the best time spent close to the child and gift their child the “Reading Habit”.

Interesting Ways to Develop Good Reading Habits In Children:

• Read Aloud is a must It’s like hearing a new language through stories (like hearing the mother tongue and learning the language) and the illustrations help to understand the text and spoken word. It helps with listening skills as children understand the spoken text as they progress.
• Fix a time to read. To create a good habit, things should be done at a particular time. Like the child brushes his/her teeth on waking and before sleeping. So they just know that now is the fixed time to read and they can’t skip it. Like they can’t skip brushing. Reading before bedtime is a good time and this can develop a good reading habit.
• Children who don’t have the reading habit can read before self-study time and look at it as language enrichment time. If children read regularly, their vocabulary, sentence structure, imagination (needed for creative writing) and writing skills improve and they are able to understand other subjects (history, science, math, etc) easily. The Math problems will appear as Math story sums. These are the benefits of good reading habits in children.
• Create a cozy place to read. It becomes a special place and they associate it with reading. Positive vibes are created and received by the child to read.
• Read with a pet or soft toy. Reading with a non-judgmental companion gives the child confidence and makes them feel important.

• Make them read with a friend; a book-themed party or activity. This shows that you value reading and books. It becomes a positive, enjoyable and intellectual activity with friends. Your child can share his/her favorite book characters with friends and books can be brought alive at a birthday party. Gift books on Birthdays and other occasions, give books as return gifts.
• Printed books and avoid gadgets. Always begin with printed books and not digital ones. Once they advance, they could explore other mediums. Without the distractions of television and i pads, children will automatically want to read to pass time.
• Be a role model, read in front of them. Show your child that reading is important to you.
• Listen to your child read and show interest in what they read. Share stories read. Read a book and watch its movie together.
• Read about their favourite book’s author. What motivated the author to begin writing? Author study inspires children to read and write too.
• Start with humorous stories, who doesn’t like a good laugh? Once children enjoy a funny story, they will read other genres (fables, fairy tales, folktales etc.)
• Read nonfiction books. They realize that reading can give them information and increase their knowledge. They will notice how the layout and purpose differ. Discovery new places through books
• Subscribe to a magazine. Children look forward to it every month. It gives them personal belongingness where they can gain current information, read short stories, solve puzzles etc in it.
• Enact the story, become the characters. You (or their friends) and your child can bring the book alive. Take turns in reading a page; modulate your voices.
• Play with stories: Change the ending of the story, make up stories and interchange characters of two stories. Show your child that reading doesn’t end with a book; they can be the author too.
• Comprehension skills: Ask questions after/in between the stories and retell the story, take a quiz or create a quiz. It gives you an idea if your child understood what he/she read and even motivates the child to pay attention to what he/she reads.
• Use/connect the vocabulary, imagination, and information in or to your daily life. This will reinforce the idea that time spent reading is useful.
• Keep a reading log/bookmark and note the books read. This acts as a comprehension tool and a way to track books read. The child can be given a target and rewarded.
• Don’t force a reluctant reader and don’t ever give up. Read to them so that they can realize what they are missing and in turn don’t miss out on reading. Audiobooks accompanying a book are useful.
• If a child is reluctant to read then try making children read fiction or nonfiction connected to their favourite topic/subject (sports, school or animal stories, etc.)
• Allow them to select their own books; they are more likely to read them. They feel responsible to complete it since they found it interest
• Graphic novels interest older children. There’s a lot happening in their lives and a quick illustrated action-packed short novel grips their attention.
• Visit book stores and book launches; get an autographed book. Show children that books are as important as clothes, toys, and food. Reading is food for the mind. Visiting book stores frequently will help in developing good reading habits in children.
• Share books with cousins and friends or Donate books. Books are so valuable that they just can’t be thrown away they should be passed on since they are a treasure of knowledge.
• Create a reading challenge for your child. 2 books a week could be the challenge. A reward should be assigned.
• Make reading a fun-filled and relaxing habit.

In 2017, Bill Gates stated in the ‘TIME’ magazine that reading is “absolutely” essential to success. The reading habit should be cultivated wherein it becomes an asset that is valued in adulthood as it provides a tool to attain continuous knowledge and a book becomes a companion wherein a person also reads for pleasure and relaxation.

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The Parent-Child Relationship

A successful school experience begins at home, with the relationship between the parent and child. This process involves developing good habits at home that your child will easily adapt to during the school year. It also incorporates nurturing a comfortable, trusting relationship with your child that will make him more willing to come to you when problems and challenges in the school environment do occur. Some of the ways to encourage your child’s success in school include:

Good Habits

Good home habits will limit distractions and put schoolwork at the forefront throughout the academic year. First, instil a love of reading in your child, by keeping plenty of interesting books at home and reading together on a regular basis. Let your child see you sit down with a good book frequently and take trips to the library where you can explore the many interesting subjects together.

Next, limit activities at home that will distract your child from his academic duties. Watching television and playing video games are typically activities that consume more hours than homework in the majority of American households. By the same token, teach your child to use the Internet for constructive purposes like research and limit the amount of time spent randomly surfing online.

Building Relationship

It is important to establish open lines of communication with your child, so he feels like he can come to you when troubles at school start. Talking and listening is something to do together on a daily basis, even if it’s just to rehash details of the day. Ask your child about what happened at school, and include open-ended questions like, “What was your favourite thing that happened today?” to get the communication wheels turning.

The Parent-Teacher Relationship

It is important for parents to get to know their children’s teachers, creating an open line of communication between the parent and school throughout the school year. Getting to know your child’s teacher is an important component of tuning into where your child is academically and identifying potential problems and obstacles in their earliest stages. Make time to introduce yourself to your child’s teacher right at the beginning of the school year, and convey your interest in helping your child succeed academically. Attend parent-teacher conferences and carefully read all correspondence from your child’s teacher and school.

When you are building a relationship with your child’s teacher, there are some things to avoid if you want the relationship to be a positive one, including:

• Do not expect a teacher to single your child out for additional attention. 

Teachers have large classrooms filled with students that have assorted needs, behaviour issues and learning deficiencies. They must divide their time among students as they see fit.

• Do not blame the teacher if problems arise within the classroom. 

 Even if the teacher is responsible for the issue, it is much more constructive to focus on solving the problem, rather than placing blame. In the long run, the positive relationship you maintain with the teacher will be much more beneficial for your child.

• Do not show up for a meeting with the teacher without scheduling it ahead of time. 

Teachers are busy people who like to have time to prepare for parent meetings. Schedule the meeting with the teacher at a time that is convenient for both of you, and let the teacher know what you want to talk about so that he/she can prepare accordingly.

• Teach the Student Self Control

     When children learn to take control of their desire for immediate gratification, they learn the rewards of their efforts can be far-reaching.

• Encourage Independence

Underachieving students usually need to learn to focus on a task and stick with it until completion – without nagging from a parent or teacher. However, this is not an easy lesson for these children to learn, and it takes plenty of time and patience before the concept catches on.

• Cultivate Will-Power

Underachieving children need to learn to force themselves to stick with a task until it is finally finished. Will-power might also be referred to as self-discipline, and it is a necessary component for all aspects of a successful life.

• Consider the Spiritual Side of a Work Ethic

When students learn to transform negative moods and attitudes into positive, productive outcomes, it can change their entire outlook on life.

• Teach Personal Responsibility

Students who do not tend to pull their own weight need to learn that their success or failure rests on them alone – not on their teachers or parents. When students learn that they hold the key to their destiny, they become more motivated to succeed academically.

• Develop Rational Thinking

Logical thinking as an important component of succeeding in the real world. Students need to learn to look at the world in realistic terms and meet problems head-on if they are going to see success in their endeavours.

• Hazards of Helicopter Parenting

Some parents tend to move to the extreme when it comes to getting involved in their children’s academic success. This phenomenon has been referred to as “helicopter parenting” by some experts – the act of hovering over a child, trying to tackle any threat or problem that comes in their child’s path. Helicopter parents even take this approach well into the high school and college years, helping students with roommate issues, teacher conflicts and course scheduling.

Characteristics of Helicopter Parents

• Constant Contact with the Child and school
• Academic Decisions made by Parent not Child
• Parents Feels Guilty if the Child does not do Well

Disadvantages of Helicopter Parenting

• Children are Not Able to Mature as They Should
• Parents Become Overly Anxious about Child’s Performance
• Schools Must Use Resources to Deal with Parents, Rather than Students

While micro-parenting of this sort may seem to offer benefits on the surface, the hazards of this parenting style are far-reaching for the children.

• # “Behind every young child who believes in himself/herself is a parent who believed first.” –Matthew Jacobson

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