It’s so lovely to praise our kids when they do something. But how often have we stopped to think that overpraise may be doing more harm than good! Sometimes we feel that the problem is we don’t praise our kids enough. But it might surprise you to know that the bigger problem really isn’t lack of praise but overpraising!

Is there a right way to praise?

Hop on to my musings to get you thinking about – when praising my kids, is there a line to draw? A better way to do it?

We often talk to our friends or family about our kids - praising them or discuss their shortcomings. It’s great to get advise or perspective and all these trusted people are a great board to bounce our thoughts on. But how aware are we of how much is being heard by our kids? And more importantly, what the repercussions are on their personality?

Simple, innocuous statements like - she’s just like her father, always forgetting things OR I can always count on him to eat his food the fastest - has a bearing on their behaviour. In fact, they could even start behaving in the manner that you’ve described them - only after hearing you! Are we aware of this?

Hop on to my musings to get you thinking about - we should be careful about what we say for our kids are all ears!

We all prep and push our kids on the right path to success but how often do we prep our kids for failure. How cognisant are we that to get to success we must firmly tread on the road of failure? A very common mistake made by us parents is to shield our kids from failure or blame other factors for their failure.

Change your mindset and approach towards failure - make it the green light instead of the perceived red light - to ensure that our kids are ready for all the challenges of tomorrow

Hop on to my musings to get you thinking about - is befriending failure the right path to success?!