Leaving them to do things alone, to overcome challenges without the help of their parents, strengthens their self-esteem.
At three years of age, children already have much more control over their body and their movements are more effective. They can speed up and down stairs, walk backwards, run, turn, and even ride a tricycle. And as the months go by, its agility and its possibilities only increase and increase.
How should parents act?
1. We must not ridicule the little one or make fun of his boastful and innocent mistakes. If we do this, we will be sowing the seeds of shame, fear of ridicule, and that is one of the most crippling feelings, which can become a permanent character trait and drag on for life.
2. Children need to receive unconditional compliments, regardless of whether the results of their efforts are successful or not. If they lack that support, the shadow of the doubt and the feelings of inferiority and insufficiency can take root in their personality difficult to eliminate.
3. They have unwavering optimism, a confidence in their possibilities unavailable to discouragement, and it is good that it is so. This is influenced by the self-centeredness of this age, which does not distinguish between reality and desire. The unconditional encouragement of adults is necessary, which makes the little ones feel a bit superman and superwoman.
4. You must be amazed and impressed by their exploits. If we tell them how proud we are of them, they will find great pleasure in continuing to outdo themselves.
5. You must not correct your fantasy and childish logic with our adult logic. If a child tells us: “And then I beat the lion”, the world is not going to collapse because we respond with a condescending: “Very well, Manuel!
6. Nor should children be encouraged to live permanently in fantasy. When we admit that our son has defeated the lion, it will be good for us to include a tone of some complicity, which indicates to him that deep down we know that, for him and for us, it is a kind of game. This does not mean that we should be mocking or sarcastic.
7. We must spend time with the children, talking and answering the questions that come to them, with which we will be serving as a bridge to the real world. But not in a hurry, because fantasy reaches its peak in these years and it is good that it is so.