Moral values are important in a person’s life to live a good life. Children are the parent’s greatest assets and the future of a nation. Teaching good moral values is necessary to develop the right qualities and habits in children.
It is the responsibility of parents, teachers, and student care centers to teach the students good moral values in addition to a good education. Teaching good moral values to children at a young age will make them better citizens and can help reduce crime to a much extent.
In my school we follow the following activities to develop the moral values to the children:
1. Prayer activities:
Prayer activities are done by the students very well in my school. Daily Teacher told good moral stories to the students and ask the students to follow those moral values.
2. Teacher be a role model for the children:
Children learn from elders, and they learn in the ways how you treat others. Whatever you do in front of our children they learn the same things from us. They observe how to handle different situations and what you do in order to handle them.
If a teacher wants to teach the qualities of self-respect, honesty, and compassion to your children, then the teacher must have these qualities in herself. Moreover, what you teach them should match your own actions and activities. For example, if you ask them to be honest and you tell a lie in front of them, they will not be able to learn honesty.
3. Create a caring environment:
The development of character begins with a caring relationship. The relationship of a child with parents at home, and with teachers at school has a significant effect on what moral values he or she will learn.
Any child who receives good care from parents and teachers will likely care for others and become a good citizen. Creating an environment of love and care will help the students to learn about caring for others. A caring environment will help in the development of social bonding among students. This will also help the students feel safe in schools.
4. Share personal experiences:
We all have some past experiences which taught us valuable lessons in life. Parents should share their personal experiences with their children so that children could also learn from them. You should share those experiences with children in which you made decisions consistent with good moral values.
Sharing personal experiences will help your children to learn the moral values associated with those experiences. Also, tell the stories where you made some bad decisions and which made you learn some lessons.
5. Encourage them to help others:
You should teach your children to help others whenever possible. If you are a teacher or student care center worker, you should teach your students to help others.
Getting engaged in the activities of helping others will develop the qualities of kindness and compassion in students. Teachers should offer their students to perform activities like creating get well cards for sick people and helping the disabled.
Parents can teach their children to open the door for a lady pushing a stroller, offering a seat to the old, and similar activities. Making the children engage in such activities helps them to develop the qualities of kindness, generosity, respect, and compassion.
6. Teach them to accountable for mistakes:
Students make mistakes in various stages of their life. Some children disobey the school rules, some disobey the traffic rules, some perform poorly in studies, and some break the neighbor’s window while playing with a ball. Moreover, children tell lies and often don’t accept their mistakes. Teach your students and children to accept their mistakes and feel sorry. When they accept the mistakes, they learn not to repeat them again and know the difference between right and wrong. Most of the students who learn to be accountable for their mistakes do not repeat them again.
7. Use everyday experiences for teaching:
Every day some situations appear which offers us an opportunity to teach our children some values. Teachers and parents can use such situations to teach children about what is right and what is wrong. Knowing what is right will encourage them to do the right things and develop a positive attitude.
We hear the news, most of which consists of negative happenings around the country. Moreover, there are some incidents and events in the neighborhood of schools and homes. We can choose any of them to teach children about good moral values.
Conclusion:
Moral values are important for shaping the future of children. Students who learn good moral values at a young age are more likely to become good parents and good citizens. So it is the responsibility of parents and teachers to teach our children good moral values so that they can learn and pass on the same values to the next generation. Teaching moral values in homes, schools, and student care centers will create honest, patriotic, faithful, and loving human beings.
