english essay

Alesia Whitaker

CM107-07

Prof. Ann Reich

March 17, 2014

Early Childhood Development-self Discipline

During their early years, children can develop a large field of skills. Most of them will enable cope with the dynamic and the ever changing world. It is however important to equip them with the right knowledge from their young age. This is because children tend to stick to them more than any other time in their life when growing. One most important quality is self-discipline. It is the backbone of human existence when critically examined like in the explanation below.

Self-discipline will make them more reliable .When someone in life has discipline in life; people will tend to have more trust on them and rely on them for many issues including guidance on many different issues in life. This is very important when choosing someone who can be entrusted by the people to handle their belongings. This also defines a leader as leaders are people who are either elected or qualified to be leaders. It is a good virtue for children to develop (Simons, 1978).

When a child develops self-discipline, they will tend to respect themselves. Respect has got very many dimensions not limited to other people. Respect is very importance in the society for people to coexist together in peace and harmony. Respect also goes further ahead to you kids choosing the best for their health by choosing good diet and even not involving themselves in drugs. These benefits of self-respect can all be attributed to self-discipline (Steffe & Wood ,2013).

Self-discipline will make the children more accountable. Accountability is when people feel the sense of responsibility. This is a virtue which when children acquire they will be responsible people for themselves since everyone in the society is charged by their actions, they will be compelled by their inner instincts to do good thus getting better judgment from the society. Accountability issue also comes in at an event when they grow up and become mature people and they won’t have issues raising their own children as they are accountable to them (Simons, 1978)

Self-disciple will make the children go through their life challenges with ease. Everyone in life will face their own challenges. How you handle it will finally determine how you will be successful. Children who are taught to have self-discipline will make the best decision when faced with a challenge. It is not always a guarantee that people will be successful in life when faced with a challenge but self-disciplined person will learn from it and face the next challenge with more confidence. It is therefore comparative for children to have the self-discipline in them (Simons, 1978)

Informed decisions are made by people who are self-disciple. In many cases I life we are faced with options .Each option might present its own challenges .Each challenge has its way of tackling them. To make an informed decision, a person needs to make informed decisions on the risks and challenges in each option they chose. It’s normally not easy for anyone to do this .It requires someone with a well-informed mind to handle all these. When young children are taught to have this self-discipline quality, they are able to make informed decisions when faced with challenges. This virtue will help them a lot in life (Schiller, 2010).

People who are self-discipline are normally hardworking/smart working. These people know that they are responsible for their destiny and they have to work for anything they want. They work for anything they want in life. This will make the people better off and people who can be depended on in hard times. People who work smart know how to guide and aid their fellow people in achieving their desires. Children if taught to have self-discipline, they will grow to be hardworking people. This is good for them and the society at large.( Fahs & Lief,1991 .)

In conclusion, self-discipline is a quality that each child should have. All the explanation above will aid them in achieving what they want. Since it has been widely known that children tend to be what they are taught to be. They will make them desirable people all round. This is one of the desirable virtues that are important to everyone in life .It is part of those desirable ones in the society. They will make them desirable people and all round in everything they might engage in later in life .It is therefore very important to impart these qualities to children who are still so that they can grow with it when they grow older and even probably pass it to the other people they are going to interact with later on in life.

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Simons, G. M. (1978). Early childhood musical developement: a bibliography of research abstracts 1960-1975 : with implications and recommentations for teaching and research. Reston, Va.: Music Educators National Conference.

Steffe, L. P., & Wood, T. (2013). Transforming Children's Mathematics Education International Perspectives.. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.