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Millions of adults make New Years resolutions each January only to find they just don't keep them for the most part. If most adults fail at this, why should kids even attempt it?

Why Make New Years Resolutions for Kids?

Humans are creatures of habit. The earlier in life we learn to practice healthy, productive activities, 1) the more years we can use these good skills and 2) the more we can build on these skills over our lifetimes.

It's a good parenting to begin at a young age teaching and training children about goals and steps they can use to meet (or even exceed) those goals. So, New Years Resolutions for Kids can be the first introduction to the idea of setting goals, especially for the youngest ones. For teens, it can be a continuation of learning how to set goals in life and attain them; they are quickly reaching a point where they'll have to consider college and/or a full time job/career.

The key to resolutions is to make them attainable. As with adults, this is very important when you are helping children come up with resolutions of their own. It doesn't matter how small of a "goal" it seems to be, write it down for them and encourage them to stick with it!

New Years Resolutions for Preschoolers

New Years Resolutions for Elementary School Age Children

•  Try a new food every day - it must be a fruit, vegetable, protein, or whole grain

•  Drink at least 3-4 cups of milk daily - add it in slowly if needed

•  Add a new vegetable to the plate a few times a week

•  Get away from the video games, television, and computer and spend more time being active (i.e.; sports, walking, hiking)

•  Practicing safety - wearing a helmet while riding a bicycle, scooter, or roller blades

•  Setting the table for dinner

•  Sorting laundry into three separate hampers 2 x per week (or however many times is needed) so clothes are ready for mom to wash

•  Dust and vacuum their own bedroom (children 7 and up)

•  Unload the dishwasher each morning and re-load throughout the day

•  Be a good friend

New Years Resolutions for Teenagers (Adolescents, Juveniles)

•  Promise to volunteer in the community in some capacity at least once a week or a few times a month

•  Promise to kept lines of communication open with parents as much as possible - agree to talk about the tough things when they come up (and they will)

•  Spend time with friends who are a good influence (and not ones who aren't)

•  If driving, resolve to drive safely and defensively

•  Resolve to resist the lure of alcohol, drugs, and other activities that could prove to be very detrimental to their life

•  Help around the house (chores) consistently without being hounded

Once you arrive at this list of New Years Resolutions for Kids and teens in your home, help them to achieve these goals. Parents, it's key for you to praise your children when they achieve their resolutions! For younger children, it may even be helpful to create a chart so you can track progress. This is especially helpful if your child is a visual learner.

Most of all, use the New Year as a training ground to help your children become the adults you desire them to be when they grow up - hard working, dedicated to family, and willing to reach out to others. And if it's not the New Year, find another reason to begin some new practices.

These New Years Resolutions for Kids are just the beginning of helping young people learn about setting goals and working hard to achieve them. Once mastered, there's lots more to learn after that!

Nothing to Lose, Something to Gain!

Hopefully this page, about New Years Resolutions for Kids, has made you think! Various principles and knowledge (many actually quite simple) can very powerfully improve businesses, careers and everyday personal lives, when properly learned and applied. For example, with well thought-out goals and plans, people can usually do much better and become more content.

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