Five Values To Teach Our Children At A Young Age

Our children are our world. We love them, cherish them and want them to grow up learning good values and morals and working toward success and happiness. It’s our responsibility to instill certain values in them at a young age. Here are Five important values to teach our children.

1. Honesty

It’s hard to come across a genuinely honest person in this day and age but honesty is so important in relationships. We can teach our children to be people of integrity by being honest ourselves and teaching them that we should be honest even when it’s difficult. Honesty goes a long way and future employers will value it.

2. Courtesy And Respect

Children learn about respect by the way we treat others. They notice how we talk to our spouse or our parents or siblings. We can be a good leader and example to our children by always being respectful and courteous of others. Our children will strive to model our behavior. Teach them to always have manners and respect everyone, no matter if they are a janitor at school or the Mayor of the city. Everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and respect.

3. Gratitude

Children should grow up learning to appreciate what they have. As we teach children to serve others, they become humble and sensitive to those who live lives differently than theirs. It can be easy to take others for granted but if we teach our children to be grateful from a young age, they will most-likely have this attitude forever.

4. Generosity

It’s sometimes easy to become self-absorbed and only think about yourself. Teaching the importance of sharing and caring can help kids interact better at school and make friends. Teach them to think about others and to be generous. You’ll never regret being too generous but you might someday regret being too selfish.

5. Forgiveness

A life of grudge-holding is a miserable life. Let’s teach our children to forgive others and to let go of things. Don’t sweat the small stuff and focus on the good things in life.

These are just five of many values that are important to teach our kids. If we instill these in our kids, they will grow up to be forever grateful.