1 Respect

Respect each child as an individual. Respect their efforts, struggles, feelings, and intelligence. The more the child gets respected, the more the child respects himself or herself, and more the child starts respecting the world around.

Respect them by focusing not on the quality of results, but on the quality of efforts. and on the strengths used in the process.

Respect them by accepting their failures and their frustrations because learning can be a frustrating process. It is only when we respect our failure that we persevere, we show resilience.

Respect them by enjoying their wrongs as much as their rights.

Respect them by agreeing to their demands of working through their stronger intelligence. Remember, a dancer can learn more by moving. Also, respect their opinions, views, choices and decisions.

Respect them by understanding that their feelings, their emotions are most important to them. Respect them by not trampling their feelings, just because they are children, but by acknowledging their emotions as top priority. Keep asking, “How are you feeling about this?

If  you lead through fear you will have little respect;
but if you lead through respect,  you will  have little to fear