Table of contents:
- How to teach tolerance to children
- 1. Set a good example
- 2. Introduce various cultures
- 3. Treat children with respect
Preschool age is the right time for parents to teach tolerance to children. This is done as a provision for children to interact amidst the diversity of society. Differences in ethnicity, religion, and culture will be found in the community, including in schools later. Therefore, an understanding of tolerance that is instilled from childhood is very useful as a preparation for children to understand, learn, and get along with their environment. By teaching tolerance, you are helping your little one to see that the world he lives in is full of diversity that needs to be appreciated and respected.
How to teach tolerance to children
Tolerance is an attitude about openness and respect for the differences that exist in society. The concept of tolerance does not only discuss ethnic, cultural and religious diversity. However, it also needs to be applied to various other differences such as respecting people with disabilities.
This means that tolerance can be interpreted as an attitude of mutual respect and respect for differences, bridging cultural gaps, rejecting unfair stereotypes, and creating good relationships amid existing differences.
Easy tricky maybe teach this to children. The following are various ways that you can practice to teach tolerance to children, namely:
1. Set a good example
Children are good imitators, so the best way to teach them tolerance is to practice tolerance in the presence of children. Children learn by observing your interactions with other people. So if you respect and value everyone in your everyday life, your children will follow suit.
Therefore, from now on try to think about your daily words and actions before you practice them in your daily life. Don't make a difference to your joke, because then the child can imitate. Your tolerant attitude will send a strong message to your child that he also needs to treat people the way their parents do.
Setting a good example can also be done by responding to negative comments about tolerance. For example, when a family member or neighbor is making a joke that offends SARA (ethnicity, religion, race, and intergroup) in front of a child, then immediately respond to the joke with a firm attitude.
That way the child will learn to use the phrases and word choices you use and oppose them if one day they are in that condition. Conversely, if you just keep quiet and don't respond to anything that just smiles then he will think you agree and have no problem with the joke.
2. Introduce various cultures
To teach tolerance, you need to use a variety of ways so that children will deepen what tolerance is and how to react to it. Therefore, try to consider children attending schools that contain children from different cultural backgrounds.
In addition, you can also choose toys, books, and music genres that are diverse and show diversity. This is done to increase and strengthen his memory of the meaning of tolerance.
Various picture books that display tolerance will easily stick to children because characters and color play usually make the messages in the storybook more interesting and memorable. In addition, inviting children to cultural festivals can also be a way to teach the diversity of the country.
3. Treat children with respect
If you want your little one to be able to respect others then treat him with respect. Children who feel they are accepted, respected, and appreciated tend to treat others as their families treat them.
On the other hand, children who feel that they are not valued and respected tend to do what they feel to others. Children who are treated with love and respect have strong self-esteem and self-respect. This is sufficient provision for him to treat others in the same way.
When you encourage a tolerant attitude towards your baby and practice what they want to see by treating others with respect, your child will slowly imitate your footsteps and apply it in their daily life.
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