Santa Can Be Your Training Helper

Because of the instinct to survive that we're all born with, infants are natural attention-getters. Their crying signals need, and they gradually learn that crying can also be a way of attaining what they simply want. As children grow, one of the most challenging lessons parents must teach is the lesson of kindness and generosity.

Doing good for others is a foreign concept to a young child, who has been in survival mode since birth. Children innately understand their own helplessness, and are innately reluctant to learn how to be proactively generous. Some parents need help in teaching their children the first lessons in kindness and good deeds, so they conjure up the approval of the one adult every child wants to please: Santa Claus, himself.

As soon as they're able to learn Christmas carols, children also learn about Santa Claus and his famous sleigh-ride. They learn that his visit to their Christmas tree can result in piles and piles of goodies to be opened on Christmas morning. They also learn that Santa's generosity has certain requirements. In order to benefit from Santa Claus's largesse, children know that they have to be good and nice, and definitely not naughty.

As Christmas approaches, many parents find that children are so eager to please Kris Kringle that they're willing to do just about anything, including practicing good deeds and good behavior, in order to have their Christmas wishes fulfilled.

Teaching young children to do good deeds is a great way to start their training in kindness. Good deeds can be tasks, such as helping Mom with the laundry or dinner, or helping Dad rake the yard. Children can help around the house with chores, or simply be quiet in church, earning brownie points, as Santa regards their efforts at being nice.

For parents who try such a method for teaching kindness and good deeds, it's important that they follow through on the rewards promised. In other words, for children to learn, then Santa Claus really has to recognize their efforts and bring them some wonderful goodies on Christmas morning.

Eventually, parents will find that, as the promised rewards are collected, their kids will come to associate good feelings with proper behavior and a kind attitude toward their family and friends. Like any carrot-and-stick training, eventually the reward will be the good feeling, itself, and the good behavior will be the norm.

It may be a bit unfair to Santa Claus, to use him this way, but he really doesn't mind. He's around to help children and their parents have the best holiday possible. And, after all, he's not going anywhere. The children of today will be the parents of tomorrow, and they'll have kids of their own. They'll need Santa's help one day, too.

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