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Practicing Patience
Tips for Teaching Your Child to Be Patient
By Kelly Burgess
Wilde also recommends ways that parents can use their interaction in their children's activities to teach patience. "When a child sits down to color, the first thing they want to do is grab the crayon and scribble," says Wilde. "A parent can sit with the child and do the activity with them and talk aloud about what they are doing and how nice theirs is turning out. This is an example for a child to take their time and do there best rather than just rushing through things to get them done."
As children get older, Wilde recommends maze books, board games and chess or checkers to help a child develop patience. So far it's worked for his family.
"I'm not na enough to think it's entirely our great parenting," says Wilde. "But the other day my son's kindergarten teacher said that when she sits down to play a game with the class, eventually everyone wonders off but Jack."
