HELPING YOUR CHILD ENHANCE HIS SPECIAL TALENT

EVERYBODY HAS SOME TALENT. NOBODY IS AN EXPERT IN EVERYTHING, BUT EVERYBODY IS GOOD AT SOMETHING AND MAY IMPROVE THE GIFTS AND TALENTS THEY HAVE. YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY NEED TO DO WELL AT SOMETHING. SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ARE LESS PROBABLE TO USE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL OR SHOW OTHER NEGATIVE BEHAVIOURS OR FEEL MEANINGFUL. TALENT INCLUDES SOME OBVIOUS THINGS LIKE OBTAINING GOOD GRADES, GETTING MUSICAL SKILLS OR BE- COME A FINE ATHLETE. HOWEVER BEING PERSISTENT, BEING A GOOD LISTENER, OR BEING PLEASANT IS ALSO TALENT. PARENTS, UNCLES, AUNTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND TEACHERS NEED TO PLAY THE ROLE OF TALENT SCOUTS AND OBSERVE LESS EVIDENT GIFTS AND HELP YOUTH TO SEE AND VALUE THEIR OWN CAPABILITIES.

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Youth builds a real sense of self-esteem from things they provide rather than the things they receive.

Help them to develop their talents and provide them with the opportunities of making a contribution to others’ good using those talents and build self-esteem. It also sets the foundation of being an all-time contributor to the society.

Special talent is defined as the “outstanding ability to choose and achieve difficult goals as per one’s interests, values, abilities, and contexts”. It can help to explain these confusing phenomena. Persons with individual talents understand themselves well, take excellent decisions, as well as have the required skills to achieve their aims. They are flexible and self-disciplined persons who have extended higher levels of environment-specific individual talents that permit them to assess multiple, challenging, and competing goals.

Hence, how can parents assist their talented children in developing personal talent? During the school, talented youngsters start making choices which affect their lives. Therefore, if they develop their personal talent earlier, there are greater possibilities that their decisions will result in fulfilling and satisfying lives.

Self-knowledge has the awareness about one’s abilities, values, and interests. Parents can assist children in developing self-knowledge through supporting them to try different activities and find out where their abilities, values, and interests lie.