Teaching bookish knowledge is not as important as teaching your kid moral values. A good student might not turn out to be a good human being if they are not taught moral values from a young age. To ensure that your child turns out to be a compassionate human being who believes in equality and judges a person by their behavior and not by their race/color/sex, it’s important you teach them some basic moral values. Here are 8 moral values that you could teach your kids in today’s world.
- Respect
One of the basic moral values that you can teach your kid is how to respect any person irrespective of their race/color/gender. Gone are those days when kids were told to respect only elders. Now you must teach them to respect everyone irrespective of their age, i.e., be it someone younger than them or older than them or even the same age as they are. Since kids learn a lot from what they watch around the house, you have to remember to treat everyone around you with respect, so your kids learn the same.
- Honesty
‘Honesty is the best policy; we all have heard this proverb for a long time. But is being honest the best policy? You must teach your kid that no matter what they have to do or are about to do in life, they have to be honest about it. Most kids lie, fearing that their parents will scold them for what they’ve done. But it’s your job as parents to ensure that your kid always tells you the truth.
- Sharing
‘Sharing is caring is a common proverb and is very true. From a young age, you should teach your kid that they must share their things with someone who’s in need of it. Be it food or toys, kids should learn to share things from a young age. You must teach them sharing can give them happiness unlike anything else.
- Equality
Even in today’s 21st century, discrimination runs deep in every society. So it’s important that you teach them about equality from a young age. You must teach them that no one is in any way lesser than them, and they must treat everyone equally irrespective of their gender/color/race. You must teach them that a person who treats everyone equally is respected and loved by everyone.
- Compassion
In this generation, most people don’t care what happens to their fellow beings. So it’s very important you teach your kid about compassion. This will help them to be an empathetic person in life. Compassion is a feeling where a person understands the pain/grief that another person goes through, i.e., being aware of someone’s feelings. A compassionate person understands other people much better than others; as a result, he tries to avoid saying/doing things that might hurt the other person.
- Accountability
It’s important that from a young you teach your kid to take responsibility for their actions/doings, i.e., being accountable. If children are not taught about this value as they grow up, they’ll learn to blame someone else for their wrongdoings/actions just to avoid punishment/rebuke. So you’ve to teach them that if they’ve done anything, they must take full responsibility for it without thinking about the outcome of the action.
- Kindness
It’s rightly said that kindness doesn’t cost you anything. From a very young age, try to instill kindness in your child. Teach them how they can treat everyone with kindness irrespective of age/gender/color. Kindness is a great virtue and makes well loved and respected among people. Be it animals or human beings, it’s important to be kind to everyone.
- Courage
Teach your kid to be courageous. Courageous enough to stand up against wrong or have the courage to speak the truth. A courageous person is well applauded for their entire life. You must teach your kid to be courageous to stand up for what’s right without thinking of the consequences. This moral value will help them fight against any kind of injustice they come across in their life.
Thus, these are eight basic moral values that you can teach your child and help them to grow into a better person who will be loved and respected by everyone.