You don’t have to look or listen too hard to hear someone complain about disrespectful kids. Teachers, employers, senior citizens—they see it. Many parents wonder how to teach kids respect when the world around them is showing the opposite. Knowing how to teach kids respect starts with recognizing and pointing out disrespect. But then it takes modeling respectful language and holding your children to a higher standard of behavior.
That might sound like a tall order, but iMOM’s Good Character Traits printable is a big help. We’ve designed a calendar to help you focus on a different trait each month, but if your child needs an extra focus on respect, this printable can be used at any time of the year. It includes a definition you can cut out and hang on the fridge or the mirror in your child’s bathroom (or both). There’s also a Bible verse to offer direction and encouragement.
Part of teaching respect for kids is having discussions about the trait and how it relates to life, so we’ve included a conversation starter question to dig deeper. It’s guaranteed to help your child think differently about respect. We’re so confident that these tools along with our calendar and its accompanying stickers will lead to great things for your child that the printable page includes a reward certificate with space for you to write how you saw your child being respectful. If you really want to reinforce the lesson, you can print a handful and give a certificate to your child weekly. And because we know kids love rewards, each Good Character Trait printable comes with a coupon to give your child. Use our reward, or come up with one of your own that you know will be a big incentive. Teaching respect to kids is worth the hard work you’re going to put in.
Respect is just one of 12 character traits we want to help you build in your kids. Here are more.
