Getting children to say affirmations.

[Pharlapwasthebest]

How do I encourage them to do this, one in particular is a bit reluctant.
Thanks

What sort of affirmations?

I’d leave them to be children.

Leave them alone.

Stop trying to brainwash them and just let them be kids!

Don't make them.

It sounds quite bonkers, but really, it's no different to getting children to pray , I spose.

Can they just repeat it or do they have to believe it?

I was around someone who tried to make me repeat witless positive affirmations when I was 14 or 15. It was incredibly irritating, and I cut contact.

Why is it important to you that they say them?

This sounds interestingly bonkers.
How old are the children?
What affirmations are you trying to get them to say?
Why?

Not sure I know what an affirmation is?

Affirmations of what? Or do you mean introductions?

I think it’s quite lovely if approached in the right way.
I often say to my kids things like, you are strong, you are beautiful, they sometimes repeat it back and I will affirm they are right.

I am working on one for myself....... I am losing weight

Um don't?

Say what?

Affirmations are a New Age thing based on the idea that you are what you think — you repeat things like ‘My body is healthy and my soul is tranquil’ or ‘I am joyfully earning £500000 a year’ or ‘I am courageous and I stand up for myself’ ‘I relinquish old habits and form new, healthy ones’.

How old are these kids?

Leave them alone Maybe they just don’t buy into all this “affirmation” nonesense.

I have never heard of this. It seems to me though, that if you believe this is something valuable and useful, your best bet is to model how you do it, and how it helps you. Kids don't like to be told to do something, but they do like to copy people they love and admire.