By Mauro Libi Crestani. If you would like you increase your kids chances for success in life one of your best way of achieving such a goal is to help your child develop a positive attitude in life. One of the ways of instilling a positive attitude in a child is with physical activity.
It is a fact.
“Active teens have more positive attitudes than negative attitudes. This state of mind is called a positive balance of attitudes..”.
Physical activity is a great way to teach your child how to meet people. Physical activity provides opportunities to meet people and develop friendships. If they join a sport team it can teach a child how to work on a team and with others toward a common goal.
Physical activity teaches them how to have fun as they work toward a goal. They learn how to work hard to achieve their goal and to stick with something as it may take months or years to build skills and yet they also learn to enjoy their hard work if it accomplished something they like.
It teaches them to say things like…. “When I’m doing well at something, I love to keep at it.” They had high marks in “reward responsiveness” .
Physical activity reduces stress. It suggests one promising path of a child being active is to manage their anxiety and savor small victories.
Physical activity teaches the child to enjoy a challenge. To look forward to a challenge and not be afraid of it. They are developing anxiety-management skills. Doing so, the researchers write in the Journal of Research in Personality, “might enhance the likelihood of later success.”
George Mallory, a famous mountain climber, was asked why he climbed Mount Everest and he replied, “Because it was there.”.
Metaphorically speaking, we all have mountains to climb, and some of us manage to ascend to a higher plateau than others. What psychological traits help people push their way to their peak? By Mauro Libi Crestani
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