Good Habits for Kids

“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.”

Having a good habit is like having a very important life skill. Just like clay,
a child's habit can be moulded easily when he/she is young.
With each passing day, they get exposed to various physical and mental
tasks. It is easy for them to pick up habits (be it good or bad).
As adults, it becomes extremely difficult to change a habit. Every child is
the future of their parents.

Therefore, to make the future bright, parents always strive to ensure that
their child learns and adopts only good habits and practices.
Good habits refer to the behaviour that is beneficial for the development
of the physical or mental health of a person.

Importance of Good Habits

1. Habits Are Who You Are: The habits of a person defines their
personality.
2. Good Habits Allow You to Reach Your Goals: The first step towards
becoming successful is to develop a good habit within yourself.
3. Habits Set a Foundation for Life: Habits you develop at your young
age sets a foundation for what you are going to do in the future.

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 4. Habit helps us to lead a balanced life: Building habits in just a few
aspects while neglecting others will cause problems in the long
term.
5. Key to a happy living: Good habits help you to stay happy
throughout your life. It helps you stay motivated and encourages
you to always do good.

How to Develop Good Habits among Children?

Children learn from their parents and elders. When children are growing
up, their brain stores each and every positive and negative incident that
occurs around them.
Therefore, parents and elders must stay extra careful and cautious while
teaching good habits to their kids.
With a little guidance and effort from the side of parents and elders, kids
can learn a good habit in a simple and quick fashion.
1. Take the first step: One of the best ways of developing good habits
in children is by setting a good example.
2. Teaching Good Manners: Encouraging children to use golden
words, to enjoy physical activities, and to take part in skills that will
develop their mental abilities like reading books.
3. Encourage Family Bonding: Make your child feel a part of yourself.
Plan time for everyone in the family to get together for picnics or
evening walks.
4. Set Strong Ground Rules: Make a regular routine and a time table
for your child to follow. This must include some time for every
activity.
5. Rewarding Your Child for their good behavior: This keeps the child
motivated and helps them to continue maintaining their best
behavior at all times.
6. Stay Involved: It is very important to stay updated with the child’s
life. This will help you understand your child’s emotions.
7. Be Realistic: Children will make mistakes. Parents must encourage
their kids to learn from their mistakes by setting realistic goals.

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 8. Listen to your child: Childhood is the learning stage and it is
obvious that they will come up with questions out of their curiosity.
Therefore, it is important to listen to your child in order to
understand them and their problems.

General Good Habits For Kids

Many parents focus only on the academics of their children. They tend to
forget the bigger picture i.e. raising children both morally and
academically.
Not teaching good habits to kids can negatively affect their behavior and
attitude when they grow up. Some of the general good habits are as
follows:-
1. Following Bedtime Routines
A minimum of 8 hours of sleep is always encouraged for children. They
must get up early and must avoid sleeping late.

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 2. Household Chores
Children are never too young to help you with the house chores. Keep
them involved in all the daily activities. This will make them learn things
quickly.
3. Public Behaviour
Examples like following the road safety rules, not speaking to waiters or
shopkeepers in a disrespectful manner, not ruining public buildings and
monuments, etc.
4. Reading daily
Children must cultivate the habit of reading daily. This will help them to
improve communication skills, vocabulary, and visualization. It is also
essential for their success at school.

5. Money management
It helps them to learn the essence of financial responsibility and prevents
impulse spending. Follow a system of giving them pocket money and
asking them to make regular records of how they are spending the
money.
6. Gratitude
Teach your child to greet everyone with respect. They must be
encouraged to regularly use words like please, thank you, sorry, and
excuse me. They must be taught how to communicate effectively with
different people.
7. Telling the Truth
Children must be taught to speak the truth. Lying is a bad habit and they
should be advised to avoid it.
8. Teach Responsibility

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Every person is responsible for their actions. Children must be imbibed
with this important habit for their own good.
9. Do Not Harm Animals or Birds
Children should be educated that animals and birds are also living
creatures. They communicate in their own ways and can be friendly.
They should not harm them. Rather it is encouraged to keep a pet.

10. Value Time

We must make children aware of the phrase “Time is money” and “Gone
time never comes back”. Children must be taught to make proper use of
time and be punctual.

Physical and Healthy Good Habits

It can’t be denied that children today are facing numerous potential

health risks. This is because of unhealthy eating, sleep deprivation, lack
of exercise, and so on.
To prevent such troubles, it becomes crucial for parents to develop
healthy habits together with their children.
Mentioned below is a list of 10 healthy habits that we suggest every
parent teach to their child:
1. Step Outdoors

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Playing is just as important as working. Therefore, as a child, we
encourage him/her to spend at least 1 to 1.5 hours daily on physical
activities.
2. Eat Healthily
A good and healthy diet must be a habit. Children must be encouraged
to eat fresh foods like fruits and avoid fatty and sugary snacks.
3. Drinking Plenty Of Water
Water carries all the required nutrients to cells and most importantly
helps to remove waste products from our major organs.
As children stay active throughout the day, they must be encouraged to
drink plenty of water as it will help them to control their body
temperature.

4. Stay Hygienic
As young kids tend to play for long hours, the chances of exposure to
germs and bacteria’s are even more. Parents must ensure the proper
hygiene of their children.
5. Having Healthy Breakfast
Almost all child nutritionists encourage a healthy breakfast. It is
considered to be the most important meal of the day which provides us
maximum energy. Parents must ensure that their kids enjoy a healthy
and tasty breakfast before heading to school.
6. Brushing teeth twice daily

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Another good habit for kids is getting accustomed to the habit of
brushing their teeth on a regular basis. This helps them to keep the teeth
clean and free from decay.

7. Washing hands before and after a meal

This prevents the spread of the common cold, flu, and other infections
among the kids.
8. Clean and a tidy place
Children must be encouraged to make their beds or arrange their space
in the morning before they get ready for school. They must learn that
cleanliness is next to godliness.

9. Walking
Walking is one of the most enjoyable family activities. It gives parents
more time to understand their kids and also encourages the kids to stay
fit.

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 10. Table Manners
Along with healthy eating habits, parents must also teach kids some
basic table manners. Children must be taught not to make people around
them uncomfortable by their actions and activities.

Good habits in the Classroom

Schools and classrooms are the places where a child spends most of
his/her time of the day. Developing a good habit inside a classroom is
very critical to the success of children.
Some of these good habits, which a child must develop are as follows:-
1. Sharing Is Caring
Very young children are extremely self-centred. They must be
encouraged to share their things and help others in need.

2. The classroom is a temple

The classroom is considered to be a holy place where you go to get an
education and learn skills. Therefore, destroying the property of the
school and classrooms must be discouraged. Students must be
encouraged to use every piece of equipment in a manner as if it is their
own.
3. Not to bully others
They must be taught that bullying is a big problem in our society. They
must always be taught to appreciate and respect others. Don’t let your
children tease anyone.
4. Punctuality and Obedience

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Children must be encouraged to be punctual in all their activities. They
must also be obedient towards elders and should follow directions given
to them.
5. Not to litter the classroom
Dustbins are allocated inside the classrooms and students must be
encouraged to make proper use of them. Eating inside the classroom
should be strongly discouraged.

6. Completing the assignments on time

Children must be encouraged to complete all their homework and
assignments regularly on time. They must understand the value of
meeting deadlines.
7. Developing the habit of listening
To understand what is being taught in the class, it is important for the
child to pay attention and carefully listen to everything. Being only
physically present is of no use. A student must be taught to be mentally
present within the classroom.
8. Working in groups
There is a huge difference between working individually and working in a
group. Kids may very well perform individually but when it comes to a
group, they may fail to showcase their talent. Therefore it is always
recommended to teach children to work in groups.
9. Use physical resources
In today's world, everything is becoming on-screens and online. Children
must be discouraged to make regular use of these resources. They must
develop a habit of writing and following hard copies of books and
magazines. These resources must only be used for additional
information.
10. Study daily

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It is very important for children to understand the importance of daily
studies. We advise at least two hours of daily study and revision. This
will help the students to better understand what he/she is being taught.

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