The more children repeat good things about themselves to themselves the more likely they will be to actually believe them and incorporate the positive feelings that go along with them. The best way for parents to teach their children to use positive self-talk is to use it themselves. Positive self-talk will not only benefit children, but parents, too. Decision-making is an important skill for children to have. Such a skill will become more and more important as children grow and approach adulthood.
Parents can encourage decision-making in their children in many different ways.
First of all, starting at an early age, parents can give their children options and ask them to choose one. For example, parents could ask their children to decide what the family has for dinner on a given night, giving them a list of two or three menus to choose from. Or, they could ask their children to choose one of three outfits to wear to school. As children get older, they will be able to handle more choices. Playing games that require decision making, like checkers, are good skill builders, too.