Teach your child to face fears gracefully

Welcome back to the?17th edition?of my weekly newsletter.

Based on the feedback received from many parents, I have introduced a special section for Parents in my Newsletter. The content of this section have been taken from my new book “How to raise a Topper”.

So, parents are requested to share this newsletter with their kids and help them to boost up their exam preparation.

I call this newsletter?One2One (1-2-1), where I'll be sharing;

• 1 Smart Parenting Pro-Tip
• 2 Productivity Hacks
• 1 Story to share and discuss with your kids

So without further ado, let's begin with today's Smart Parenting Tip.

1 Smart Parenting Pro-Tip: Teach your child to face fears gracefully.

Failure teaches us more than success. When a child becomes overconfident and starts neglecting hard work, it is best to let them have a taste of failure.

Tina was in class X. She was performing well in all subjects. But it was math she was applauded for! Over a period of six months, she won several math quizzes held at school. She became overconfident and started to neglect math practice. When pre-boards were held, she barely managed to score 82/100

For a topper, that is not a good result. When result was communicated to her parents, they were also taken aback. Instead of getting upset they told her to accept failures and get on regular practice.

With her parent’s motivation and daily practice, she was able to score 99% in math with overall 95% in Boards.

Smart parents allow children to make mistakes and learn from them. They don't react with 'I told you so'. In all, they know parenting is a process of learning and growing along with their children.

Somebody has rightly said “Be GRATEFUL when you get what you want and GRACEFUL when you don’t get what you want"

This above snippet has been taken from my new book- 'How to raise a Topper'

My book “How to Raise a Topper “is based on my interviews with hundreds of toppers & their parents to find out their secrets. The book talks about how you can use the power of mindset and habits to transform the child. The book helps you to bring out the best in your child without having to use your parental authority. Remember authority evokes rebellion in teenagers.

So buy your copy today and learn the secrets to connect on?a deeper level with your child.

2 Productivity hacks (That actually works)

• Start Monitoring your Screen time- When you start monitoring the screen time, this will bring to your attention the amount of time that you spend before screens. You will be shocked when you see your screen time. You can also see the screen time of different apps and see which app is consuming how much time.
• Turn off the notification- Every time your cell phone buzzes, there’s a notification and all of a sudden, your focus from study shifts to the cell phone. So it’s better to turn off the notification alerts of different apps like Whatsapp, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, etc.

1 story for your child: Never let people decide your limits.

In a village, lived two boys, Ram and Shyam. Ram was 10 years old and elder to Shyam who was 6 years old. Both of them were chuddy buddies and used to spend maximum time with each other.

One day, as usual the boys were playing but after sometime they realized that they came too far and the village was left behind. After sometime, Ram's leg slipped, he lost his balance and fell in a well.

?Shyam looked around to see if there was anyone to help him but couldn't see anyone. Without wasting any time, he grabbed the bucket that was lying near the well. He dropped the bucket in well and asked Ram to hold it. After that he started pulling the bucket from the top and didn't leave the rope until he was able to save Ram and get him out of the well.

Both the boys were happy as Ram's life was saved but at the same time tensed. They were worried that both of them would get scolded on reaching home but when they got home, nothing of that sort happened. When boys narrated whatever happened outside the village, nobody believed them. Nobody believed the fact that a 6 year boy who cannot lift a bucket full of water, pulled out a 10 year old boy from the well. But there was an old wise-man in the village who believed the boys.

Villagers were taken aback by surprise when the old wise man believed them. The man was a respected netizen of the village and everybody valued him and his words. Villagers wanted to know the reason why the old man believed the boys.

The old man then told the boys that it is not about how Shyam pulled Ram out of well. It is about why he was able to do so. He was able to save Ram's life because there was nobody around him who could tell him that he couldn't do it or it is impossible for him to pull Ram out of well.

?Moral:

• When children are young, they have fresh and empty minds. They don’t know what they can do and what they can’t. They don’t know which subject is difficult and which subject is easy.
• But as they grow, they meet people who put notions in their head that- Maths hard hai or science difficult hai.
• The students grow up listening them and end up believing the same. And whenever they perform bad in those subjects, they make excuses – Oh! this subject was tough.
• But actually, the truth is that these are all limiting beliefs that are holding them back. But whenever a do or die situation comes, you will get to know what great things you are capable of doing. So have faith in your abilities and believe yourself because,

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have"

To watch the video of this story and many more inspirational stories with morals for the student, subscribe to my new channel:-?Story Speaks By Avinash Agarwal

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