Why manners matter: Top tips for raising kind kids (via CNBCMakeIt)
The benefits of teaching kids to be considerate early on go well beyond good manners, with research suggesting that raising young children to be kind is crucial for their development.
The study also showed that children were happier after engaging in "costly giving – forfeiting their own resources – than when giving the same treat at no cost." The study, published in 2021, was conducted by academics from Stanford University and the U.K.'s University of Leeds, in conjunction with the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Emma Armstrong-Carter, a co-author of the study, told CNBC via a video call that one way to encourage this prosocial behavior in young children was to get them involved in easy family tasks. She said this might include assisting with cooking, cleaning, caring for pets or helping younger siblings with homework, for example, but emphasized this would vary between households depending on factors, such as the age of the child and family socioeconomic resources.
However, Armstrong-Carter said these "behaviors are not always recognized by parents, teachers and communities as 'helping,'" despite being prosocial.Dave Whitaker, author of "The Kindness Principle: Making Relational Behaviour Management Work in Schools," told CNBC via telephone that it was key to encourage kids to be intrinsically, or internally, motivated to be kind, as opposed to these behaviors being prompted by external factors, namely rewards and punishments.
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