The value of being positive around your child

Being positive around children with Gail Smith, The Primary Years

We live in a world where we are constantly addressing mental health as it is such an interfering and common part of our society. Your child learns so much from you and it is amazing how your disposition can help your child see the world in a positive light.

Consider the following:

  • When you portray yourself positively as a parent, your child learns a great deal. They like to copy you and see you in a very positive light.

  • If you exhibit a positive presence as a parent, your child absorbs significant learning. They will want to imitate it and they will see how much better the world appears from that perspective.

  • If you project positivity as a parent, your child picks up on important lessons. This is a great way of teaching optimism.

  • If you see the world as a happy place in which to live that will influence their world.

  • Being an optimistic around your child invites them to problem solve in an optimistic way rather than focusing on unsolvable problems

  • It is a matter of conditioning your child to being positive. It’s a safer place in which to live.

  • When your child adopts positivity it attracts people who enjoy life. Don’t forget to use laughter as part of your persona around your child. Laughter is a happy space in which to live.

  • By demonstrating a positive disposition your child will be less anxious to approach you over matters that trouble them.

A bright happy parents who savours life is a mindful person who can teach their child to see the world as a hopeful place. What better mental health lesson can you find?

Keep your eyes on the sun and you will not see the shadows
— Aboriginal proverb