ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY IN YOUR CHILD

There are lots of opportunities for parents to help their children to flourish as adults, including fostering creativity - which has many benefits. Let’s take a look!

Nothing is more rewarding than raising a resilient, confident, problem-solving, child who is not afraid to express their individuality. To achieve this, creativity is key, along with how you choose to expose creative avenues to your child.

Creativity is a way of developing imagination in a manner that is unstructured and enjoyable. From a child’s perspective, this can be the healthiest and most natural way to foster intelligence. This is because it involves lots of playfulness and very little chance of experiencing ‘failure’.

BENEFITS OF ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY • A sense of curiosity

• Mental agility

• Problem-solving skills

• A positive relationship with effort

• Better concentration

• Mental toughness in the face of adversity.

Creativity also fuels a child’s enthusiasm for learning and teaches kids to reframe problems as opportunities to figure out how to do something better. It trains them to be comfortable with making mistakes in order to learn. On an emotional level, this builds more self-confident, less stressed, less anxious children. These kids are not afraid to try things and they understand that happiness is important for their wellbeing. In turn, this can lead to better self-regulation of their emotions and a higher level of emotional intelligence as they get older.