To Change Your Child’s Future, Start with Yourself
When parents read, their children’s futures change because children tend to mirror their parents. If you want to change your child’s future, start by changing your own. Parents’ reading habits shape their children’s reading habits, leading to a brighter future for the children.
Positivity Breeds Positivity, Negativity Breeds Negativity
Positive parents raise positive children. Children who develop a positive attitude from their parents’ responses grow much more. Passing on an attitude of positivity is far more important than passing on financial wealth. When parents have a positive attitude, their children naturally grow up positive as well.
Children Mirror Their Parents
Children learn a lot from their parents. While they also learn from daycare, kindergarten, and school, the basics are acquired at home. Parents unconsciously teach, and children unconsciously learn, with this learning being continuously reinforced as they grow. Thus, every action of a parent has a significant impact on the child.
Create Positive Unconscious Habits Through Reading
The unconscious mind is like an automatic machine. We cannot directly control it, but we can influence it consciously, primarily through reading. When parents read, this positive unconscious behavior is passed on to their children. Reading is a powerful tool for positively changing parents’ unconscious minds.
Good Communication Between Parents and Children Is Crucial
As emphasized in many parenting books, good communication with children is vital. Understanding, empathizing, smiling, and praising children help them grow up positive and willing to take on challenges. This communication must be a conscious effort by parents. Parents’ conscious actions have a significant impact on their children’s emotions.
Parents’ Daily Lives Have a Significant Impact on Children
Parents spend much more time not facing their children than they do face-to-face. During this time, children observe and learn from their parents’ actions. From conversations with a spouse, phone calls with other adults, driving, using a phone, to preparing meals, children learn a lot through these everyday actions. Everyday actions of parents provide crucial learning opportunities for children.
Reading Habits Create a Positive Unconscious
Research indicates that 95% of what we do is governed by the unconscious mind, with only 5% being conscious actions. Our unconscious mind shapes our world. Reading is an excellent tool for creating a positive unconscious. It not only provides knowledge but also transforms us into better versions of ourselves.
Strive to Be a Good Parent
Good parents come from good adults, and good adults come from good people. Before becoming a good parent, strive to become a good person. By becoming a good person, you naturally become a good parent.
Start Reading to Change Your Child’s Future
When parents start reading, their children’s futures naturally change. What begins as an effort for your child also changes your future. This is a win-win situation. Reading is not a grand task; just start reading in your own way.