It is an essential element in communication, which we keep aside, thinking that verbal communication is everything. But the fact is that non-verbal communication plays a significant role in responding and communicating with the other person or surrounding.
What are Non-verbal cues: It is nothing but the communication between two people happening without adding words to it. They can be body movements, facial expressions, things going on around your surroundings, and gestures.
The best thing that we learned today is that we add non-verbal cues in our children’s behaviour in such a way that the end product becomes complicated. For example:- If a child is going to bump his foot on the toy and if you are in front of his or her actions and if you open your eyes wider and give a look “No” then a child will start crying, but if you smile and be normal then he will move ahead without any behaviour dis-regulation.
Another example:- If your 8-year-old child is angry and he is shouting, and in his response, you also started showing him the facial expressions, moving your hand then what you did, you just accelerated his anger more as you added your non-verbal cues in such a way that he felt you are going to beat him.
Now we know how non-verbal cues can arouse our kid from up to down or vice versa, let’s see now how we can implement things so that this self-regulation behaviour goes smooth—few tips to remember are
- Maintain good eye contact and do show your presence with him or her in their communication.
- Keep yourself neutral, don’t fidget or show many micro-expressions as it can impact the output.
- Distract a misbehaviour child: Offer a different activity. Move the beautiful objects out of your child’s reach.
- Positive language:- Avoid saying “NO” too frequently. The word will lose its impact. Save it for essential times.
- Consistency: Let him know your limits. Enforce your rules the same way every time. Gain mutual trust through consistent behaviour.
- Appreciate:-Appreciate your children’s feedback, quotations, and comments. Ask a question to explore and discover.
- Praise: Honesty praises your children for progress and good behaviour. Celebrates small accomplishments, but do not do too much
- Empowerment:- Please encourage your child to solve problems by themselves. Ask your child specific, open-ended questions. Teach children to focus on the entire situation, not just part of it.
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