Routines are vitally important to every aspect of life. We all have routines for getting ready for the day, routines for exercise, work or school routines, and even routines for interpersonal relationships. Routines help us maintain our personal, academic, and professional lives.
Building healthy habits for kids start with routines and routines are built from individual tasks. Of course, some of those tasks are easier and some of those tasks may be quite difficult, but what’s important is that these tasks be completed regularly whether hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly.
Balance New and Existing Routines for Healthier Habits
Many children already have existing routines, but these routines will not necessarily build healthy habits and lead to success later on.
Children often have routines that they develop involving enjoyable activities like playing with their toys, playing a video game, or watching television. These routines, however, won’t likely prepare children for the challenges they will face in education and those that they will face later as a young adult.
Apathy toward even necessary routines can lead your child to build negative habits.
Many children are unmotivated to do things like household chores, homework, exercise, and self-care as they can’t see the immediate value in them and only see the inconvenience and/or difficulty.
It’s important to strike a balance between existing routines and routines to empower your kid’s success. The routines we’re talking about here, routines that help children flourish, are often made up of tasks that may offer little positive reinforcement. However, developing these routines early on helps build long-term habits that will last into adulthood.
Carrotology Helps Your Child Build Better Routines
As parents, we understand the value of these routines and that’s where we run into difficulty because our values don’t necessarily align with those of our children. This is where Carrotology comes in. Carrotology makes it easy to slowly introduce healthy routines (Carrotines) one task at a time in a way that’s fun, motivational, and makes sense to your child now.
Even if your child only has 3 routines, with only one major responsibility in each, they have already started down a path of consistent, responsible behavior. Once your child is accustomed to a few predictable routines with predictable challenges, they will be ready for expanded routines and additional routines in other areas of their lives.
Once your child masters a variety of routines with a variety of challenges, they increase their chances of success with new, more difficult routines.
Routines are all about consistency in behavior. Whether you’re an Olympic athlete, a concert violinist, or a straight-A student, you need routines to reach your goals and Carrotology can help. Download the Carrotology app today and get your child on track with positive routines and healthy habits to empower success.