Instilling values for character building of children in early childhood

Abstract

Values in the context of the formation of character are very important for human development. Human characters can be built and shaped in accordance with the demands of the society. Parents have a strategic role in this regard because parents are the first and primary educators of a child. Parents can be the deciding factor for or against the good or bad characters of their children. Similar role can be played by other individuals in the society. Teachers and the community also have an important role in the cultivation and nurturance of values in children. The values in children can be nurtured early in one’s life through modeling and habituation of good moral, religious and cultural values as well as through a variety of strategies or other methods in learning activities. Appropriate strategies or methods of inculcating expected values can form good characters in children since early childhood.