Title: How Parents Can Raise a Good Child
Headings: How Parents Can Raise a Good Child
How Parents Can Raise a Good Child
Nurture Empathy in Your Child
Encourage Them to Lift Up Others
Teach Them to Volunteer
Offer Rewards Sparingly
Teach Them Good Manners
Treat Them With Kindness and Respect
Discipline Your Child Consistently
Teach Them to Be Thankful
Give Them Responsibilities
Model Good Behavior

Content: Studies have shown that having a high emotional quotient—that is, being able to understand one's own feelings and the feelings of others—is an important component of success in life. 1 ﻿
To encourage empathy in your child, encourage your child to talk about her feelings and make sure she knows that you care about them. When a conflict occurs with a friend, ask her to imagine how her friend might be feeling and show her ways of managing her emotions and work positively toward a resolution. Encourage Them to Lift Up Others
While stories about kids engaging in bullying and other bad behavior often make headlines, the truth is that many kids quietly perform good deeds in the ordinary course of their lives, whether it’s making a friend feel better when he’s down or pitching in at a community center. As you encourage positive behaviors such as doing something to make someone’s day better (even something as small as patting a friend on the shoulder when they're sad), be sure to talk about what negative effects behaviors like gossiping or bullying have on both sides (both those who are bullied and those who do the bullying ), and why and how it hurts people. Teach Them to Volunteer
Whether your child helps an elderly neighbor by shoveling the sidewalk or helps you pack some canned goods into boxes for donation to family shelters, the act of volunteering can shape your child’s character. When kids help others, they learn to think about the needs of those less fortunate than they are, and can feel proud of themselves for making a difference in others’ lives. Offer Rewards Sparingly
An important thing to remember when encouraging kids to help others is to not reward them for every single good deed. That way, your child won’t associate volunteering with getting things for himself and will learn that feeling good about helping others will be in itself a reward. That’s not to say you shouldn’t occasionally take your child out for a special treat or give them a gift for helping others AND for working hard and studying hard.