Who Provides Children with a Model?

 "You give a good example to your children, Dad.." Mother said. Meanwhile, the father also likes to say, "Don't be angry, Mom, the child will follow it later." So who will actually follow what the child says, huh? Children indeed imitate the behavior of their parents, but what encourages children to imitate their parents is because of the relationship that is built between parents and children. Imitating is not always behavior, imitating can be from the daily life that children see from their parents. For example, if a daughter sees her mother always tying her hair, the child will follow her hair tie. A child who sees his father playing the guitar, the child will imitate playing the guitar even though he doesn't play it correctly. This child's behavior is also referred to as the process of imitation, the good news is that this imitation is a child's step towards independence, you know. Starting from imitating or imitating, over time children will be able to do many things on their own.

Imitation by children is not good, if parents show bad things, children will imitate. Early childhood, especially children under the age of three, do not understand the concept of good and bad, children only do what they see without any bad intentions. If he sees that his father likes to hit, then the child will catch the information. Likewise, if the child sees the mother yelling, then when the child is upset the child will scream because the child thinks that is the way to resolve the upset.

It is undeniable, as parents who carry out many roles, there is also a feeling of tiredness with activities and various activities and problems in life. But it would be better if you are dealing with children then set an example for children. If a child is used to seeing his parents act rudely, the child will follow. Early childhood learns from what is seen not from what is advised. Although we always advise children to be able to control anger but we show anger in front of them, children will imitate the behavior that we display.

Dr. Klein, in the article What Your Child Learns By Imitating You says during a critical period of child development at an early age, it is important to set the best example of behavior that parents have. For example, give an example of what we want our children to have, if we want our children to eat in an orderly and orderly manner, take an example from us. If we want children to say thank you, we first say thank you to children. How children behave depends on how we set a good example for children.