How to help kids develop the confidence to try new things
Editor’s Note: This story is the fourth in a series looking at ways we can help our children restore, with patience and love, some of what the pandemic has taken away. One might hope that children’s capacity for boredom would be matched by an appetite for all things new – if only parenting were so easy. Trying new things is difficult for many children, whether a different food, activity or skill. They like what they know, and they know what they like. The pandemic didn’t help.
“Routines and rituals can be very comforting and useful,” she said. “I believe in keeping them and then stretching one piece to add in something new, while allowing the kid the agency and power to decide if they want to do it.” Here’s a small example of my own: My sons and I often go out for Korean food on Thursday nights. Recently, we tried a new restaurant where the food was a little different.
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