How to Raise a Team Player

 

One thing your child will learn about is devoting themselves to being in a team. This can be through group projects in school, in sports, games and in real life work settings as well. In this guide we take a look at the ways you can help to raise a team player.

Help your child in the key skills needed in a team

Being a team player means you’re aware of the skills needed to work with people you know, and even people you don’t particularly know. It’s important to help your child work on particular skills that help with these areas already.

 

For example, your child will be spending a lot of time with you, other family members or siblings. This is the perfect environment to develop their understanding of communication, delegation, and accepting other people’s opinions.

Help your child explore different activities

Going to lengths to try out lots of different things will give them a lot more experience of handling things in groups. Sports are a great example of team-based activities that really rely on your child to work on individual skills that make them better when working together.

 

Your child also has the chance to try out extracurricular activities as well; this senior girls school in London will help your child explore lots of different things, so they should use these opportunities wisely.

Involve a little bit of healthy debate

Being about to discuss complex things can help your child learn to pose different arguments and conversations with others. This helps your child identify what can come up in different scenarios, especially when they’re put in a team of people they don’t really know - a common thing that schools will do to help children get out of their comfort zone. A good way of helping your child is asking them lots of open-ended questions to really open up their understanding of different feelings and reactions.

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