Enhance Your Child’s Chances of Success
Do you want to raise successful kids? At Camp Kupugani, our Midwest overnight summer camp south of Madison, Wisconsin, and west of Chicago, we strive to maximize our campers’ development. A recent article from inc.com discusses how you can help promote healthy habits at home to increase your child’s likelihood of success. Check out our thoughts on the piece below, with the full article here.
“There’s no denying that if you coast along and put forth minimal effort in raising your kids, there’s a high likelihood they’ll end up being mediocre (or even worse than mediocre, to be honest). Raising the highest achieving children will necessitate being intentional, disciplined, and diligent. Here’s what researchers say the parents of the most successful kids do differently.”
- They make sure Mom is happy.
- “Happy wife, happy life” may carry some weight after all.
- A child’s happiness is closely connected to maternal happiness.
- They role-model persistence.
- Give it your all to show kids they can do it with hard work.
- Children are always watching!
- They get engaged with their child’s learning.
- Read to your child starting at a young age.
- Don’t stop reading just because they “are grown”.
- Join them on field trips.
- Monitor how your kids are doing on tests and homework.
- Read to your child starting at a young age.
- They get them to take music lessons.
- Music can increase patience.
- Musical competence raises the ability to finish tasks.
- Children become better at prioritizing tasks.
- They teach them to free themselves from screen distractions (see our blog on this topic here.)
- Limiting screen time is important.
- You can help them set their own limits.
Check out Camp Kupugani’s camp activities that can help promote child success.