Stimulating children in the development of the will is the best investment for their future as it is an effective means to develop in them a rich and positive psychological profile.
The will is the inner force that moves us to do or not do something and is nourished by the motivation and intensity that come from our values.
How easy would it be if our children always found what they had to do enjoyable? On many occasions we find that their tastes, inclinations and feelings do not go in the same direction as their duties and obligations. They are very common conflictive situations in homes that serve precisely to work on their willpower.
The education of the will begins very early, a few days after birth. When the baby's first needs (food, sleep, hygiene...) are satisfied in order and at certain times, habits are formed that save many later problems.
Children grow, necessary that:
* do their homework at a certain time,
* Finish every job you start
* keep your things in the proper place,
* have and fulfill the responsibilities assigned to them according to their age.
All this will form and strengthen your will.
The Motivation
We all need it, however we must check that it is oriented towards good values.
In early childhood, they are motivated by material things: sweets, toys... but, as they grow up, their motivations will also evolve towards others with higher values such as wanting to feel the satisfaction of having fulfilled a duty; the value of work as a service to others; receiving a simple word of appreciation, etc.
In this way, the value scale will be defined correctly. In this sense, the example and testimony of parents play a very important role because children learn above all by imitation.
Emotional Education
Taming and educating the emotions is another of the important points related to this education of the will of our children. We must teach them the balance between self-control and the sincere expression of their own emotions.
For this, it is convenient to promote positive behaviors and attitudes such as:
a) Wanting and always seeking the good. Encourage charity and a spirit of service in children. Wanting to reach high and positive peaks. An example: Before serving water, for example, serving others.
b) Discover the value of their own sacrifices. Wanting one good means giving up another. Give up caprice for duty. Give up my own plans for those of the family, knowing how to appreciate all the benefits of a sacrifice made for a greater good. Another example when they are sitting at the table, teach them to offer the other the best part of a cake and keep the little one.
c) Be firm and keep your word before the resolutions taken. "Work started, work finished." Don't leave for tomorrow what can be done today.
d) Pay attention to details, even if they seem insignificant. Life is made up of small details because they are the ones that create the difference and quality in everything we do.