Jonathon Hourigan, Author at Black Belt Plus Martial Arts Centre

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How to Teach a Child Respect and Discipline

September 25, 2018
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/ By Jonathon Hourigan

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In this blog post, Chief Instructor Jonathon Hourigan continues to discuss about the life skill of respect. The important thing about this life skill is that people who have respect appreciate others. Plus, he got a little home project for you that is exactly trying to teach it. teaching child respect

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JONATHON: Hi mums and dads. Jonathon Hourigan here from Black Belt Plus in Burleigh, and I wanted to continue with our life skill of respect. Now I’ve got a really great home project for you, and the important thing about that is that people who have respect appreciate others, and that’s what we’re trying to teach with this little project.

So what we’re going to do is I want you to get your child to write a thank you card to someone they appreciate. Now this project is meant to teach your kids how to show appreciation for others, which is an important way to teach them or to demonstrate respect. And when you take the time to thank others, it really makes them feel good.teaching child respect

So remind your child about the golden rule, treat others the way you want to be treated. And if your child can master this golden rule, they’ll have more success in life. In our martial arts school, one way we build respect is by nurturing our respectful environment on our training mats. Then our students naturally become more respectful, and they carry that over to other aspects of their life. Thanks for watching, and I’ll catch you soon. Bye. teaching child respect

8 Quick Ways to Get Your Child Focused and Listening

September 7, 2018
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/ By Jonathon Hourigan

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In this blog, Chief Instructor Jonathon Hourigan discusses one of the most important things you can teach your child – respect. He shared some tips on how you can help develop respect with children of different ages. develop children respect

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JONATHON: Hi mums and dads. Jonathon here again from Black Belt Plus here in Burleigh and this month’s life skill is about respect. One of the most important things you can teach your child is respect and some parents think that respect is the same thing as obedience, but children will obey you if they’re afraid of you, but if they respect you they will obey you because they love you and they know that you love them.develop children respect

Now I’ve got some tips on how we can help develop respect with children of different ages, so with our three and four year olds, they’re just learning to act appropriately with others, so we want to teach them how to have good manners saying please and thank you. With the five and six year olds, they’re learning that the way they act has an effect on others positively and negatively, so teaching them how to be good sportsmen is really good.

Seven to nines, they’re becoming more independent and they’re making their own decisions, so we want to teach them about self-respect and then with our 10 years up, they’re starting to have their own identity and popularity, so with those guys what we want to do is teach them to have respect for their friends by not gossiping or bullying.

So next time, I’ll have some more kids life skills for you and a great home project that you could try. Thanks for watching and catch you next time. develop children respect

Raising Kind, Considerate and Helpful Kids

August 30, 2018
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/ By Jonathon Hourigan

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In this blog post, Chief Instructor Jonathon Hourigan continues to teach kindness and how to help parents develop kind, considerate and helpful kids. teaching kindness

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JONATHON: Hi, Jonathon Hourigan from Black Belt Plus Centre in Burleigh, and I want to continue talking about kindness. We wanted to do this to help you develop kind, considerate, and helpful kids, and reminding them that it’s just simply about being nice to others! To recap what I spoke about last time… that learning respect and empathy can turn into kindness. Kindness takes time, with constant reminders and good examples. teaching kindness

Now, with our 3 and 4 year olds, we talked about teaching them how to have kindness by sharing with others. Our 5 and 6 year olds, we talked about them having kindness by respecting each other. Our 7 to 9’s was teaching them how to have kindness by doing good deeds. And with our 10 to 14 year olds, it’s about teaching them to go above and beyond what’s expected to help others.

Now, I’ll give you a little project that you can work with your kids this week. I suggest that for a week, you get them to do one random act of kindness and write it down. And that at the end of the week, you review it and then you could have a reward of some sort (some family time, or a treat, or a meal, or something like that) as a little way of helping them to understand about kindness. Remember, it’s not difficult to teach children to be kind, and that kindness has a value. In our martial art classes we teach children to do something good for others, and that could be a polite greeting – it really makes them feel good. This makes our environment very friendly and a great place to learn life skills.

Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you next time. Bye. teaching kindness

How to Develop Kindness in Children

August 28, 2018
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/ By Jonathon Hourigan

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This month we are looking at the word Kindness and the incredibly important role you as a parent, and us as instructors at the Black Belt Plus Martial Arts Centre, play in helping to develop kindness in children.

In this blog post, Chief Instructor Jonathon Hourigan talks about kindness and how to help parents develop kind, considerate and helpful kids.

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JONATHON: Hi mums and dads, Jonathon Hourigan from Black Belt Plus here in Burleigh.

And this week, I’d like to talk about kindness and how we can help you develop kind, considerate and helpful kids. Simply, it’s just about teaching the children to be nice to others. And children who learn respect and empathy can turn words and actions into kindness. And kindness is not something that’s learnt overnight, particularly with young children. It takes time and constant reminders and good examples.

Now, here’s some examples for the different age groups. Three and four-year-olds are just learning about the importance of being nice, so we want to teach them to have kindness by sharing with others.

Five and six-year-olds are learning about the importance of friendship. So we want to teach them how to have kindness by respecting each other.

With seven to nines, they’re learning about the importance of making a difference in other people’s lives. So teaching them to have kindness by doing good deeds.

Then when we get to 10 to 14-year-olds, they’re learning about the meaning of empathy. So teaching them to go above and beyond what’s expected to help others.

So that’s a bit of an overview of the good examples. Next week, we’re going to talk about some guidelines that you can use at home. develop kindness in children

So thanks for watching and I’ll catch you next time. Bye.

How to Help Your Child Become More Trustworthy

July 25, 2018
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/ By Jonathon Hourigan

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This month we are looking at the word Trustworthy and the incredibly important role you as a parent, and us as instructors at the Black Belt Plus Martial Arts Centre, play in helping to improve trustworthiness in children.

In this blog post, Chief Instructor Jonathon Hourigan talks about trustworthiness and how we can help your child to learn to become more trustworthy.

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JONATHON: Hi mums and dads, Jonathon Hourigan from Black Belt Plus here in Burleigh. This week I’d like to talk about trustworthiness, and how we can help your child to learn to become more trustworthy.

It’s about learning to teach your children to tell the truth and to follow the rules. Trustworthy people tend to be more honest, and responsible, and reliable. There are many benefits to your child becoming more trustworthy, and they are that they’d be treated better, there are more opportunities, and it’ll increase their self-esteem. It’s a good foundation for other character development traits.

Now, when we look at the different age groups, the threes, and fours, they’re learning about what’s right from wrong. We want to teach them how to follow the rules. With five and six year olds, they’re learning that what they say has meaning, so we want to teach them to tell the truth.

With seven to nines, they’re learning that there are consequences to their actions, and we want to teach them not to cheat or to steal. With 10 to 14s, what we’re teaching them there is not everyone is looking out for their best interest, so we need to teach them to make the best decisions based on what’s right, not what’s best for their social situation or status.

As parents, you can help your child reinforce these qualities at home. A few things are that you can make promises only for the rewards that you plan to keep, make promises around only the punishment that you plan to keep, be consistent every day with what you say, and tell the truth to your children, and also tell the truth in front of your children.

Next week I’m going to give you a fun family project. Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you next time.

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How You Can Improve Your Child’s Self-Discipline

June 18, 2018
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/ By Jonathon Hourigan

This month we are looking at Self-Discipline and the incredibly important role you as a parent, and us as instructors at the Black Belt Plus Martial Arts Centre, play in helping to develop self-discipline in children. In the second of our four part series, Chief Instructor Jonathon Hourigan continues to discuss the various methods and some tips and tricks you an use at home to develop self-discipline in your children which will lead to a life of confidence and success.

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JONATHON: Hi mums and dads. Jonathon Hourigan from Blackbelt Plus here in Burleigh and we’re continuing with our chats about how we can use self discipline to improve our children.

Today I want to talk about the different ages and stages of development. With our three and four year olds, they’re at an emotional stage so we need to foster positive emotions by using constant reinforcement.

With the five and six year olds, they’re learning about right and wrong and how to make good choices over bad ones.

With our seven to nines, they’re learning about the consequences of negative behaviour. So doing what they have to do without being reminded is one of the things we want to focus with them.

And then with our 10 years plus, they’re learning about the side effects of not having self discipline in their life. So we want to teach them there about being responsible for their actions.

So I hope these tips have helped and I look forward to seeing you next video. Thanks, bye.

The Difference Between Discipline and Punishment

June 7, 2018
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/ By Jonathon Hourigan

In this blog post, our chief instructor Jonathon Hourigan talks about how to develop self-discipline in children and the difference between discipline and punishment.

Click here www.blackbeltplus.com.au to take a look back at our monthly themed posts for some more great tips, tricks and advice on subjects like confidence, courage, bully prevention and self-esteem.

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JONATHON: Hi mums and dads, Jonathon Hourigan from Black Belt Plus here in Burleigh, and today I want to talk about how you can develop self-discipline in your child. In our martial arts school, we say to our students that self-discipline is doing the things you know you should do without being reminded. One of the things you could do as a parent is learning to reinforce those skills at home. It’s important to remember that self-discipline and discipline go hand in hand. And the difference, there’s a difference between self-discipline and punishment.

To help your child at home, you can do a number of things. When you see them showing self-discipline, praise them. Give them responsibilities so they can practise self-discipline, and also model self-discipline yourself by doing it, so when they see you making your bed and showing respect to others, then they’re learning that quality as well. So, that’s my take for today, see you soon. Bye.

6 Simple Steps To Boost Self-Esteem

May 28, 2018
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/ By Jonathon Hourigan

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In this blog post, our chief instructor Jonathon Hourigan recaps what you have learned from the blog series of how to build you child’s self esteem. So, here are the 6 simple tips that are important to help your child build their self esteem:

1. Show how much you love them by showing them affection.

2. Compliment your children.

3. Help them set little goals.

4. If you need to criticise or reprimand them, reprimand their behaviour, not them as a person.

5. Show your children that you’re proud of them.

6. Tend to your self-esteem and be the best role model to your child.

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JONATHON: Hi mums and dad, Jonathon Hourigan from Black Belt Plus in Burleigh. We’ve had our blog series going of how to build your child’s self esteem, and I’d like to finish off the blog today with just a recap of the tips that are important to help your child build their self esteem.

Firstly is to show how much you love them by showing them affection. Sometimes in a busy day we forget about this, so that’s really important. Secondly is to compliment them. Let them know how proud you are of them. That’s a really big one. Also, helping them to set little goals, like learning how to make their bed, and then progressing on to bigger chores really boosts their self esteem. Remember if we need to criticise or reprimand them, we reprimand the behaviour, not the person, and then they can learn that it was their actions, not them that was inappropriate or bad. Going on from there, it’s important to show your children that you’re proud of them, and this is a big one as well. So by doing that on a regular basis, that will make them feel good. Never compare your child to another child. So everybody’s an individual, and everybody progresses at their own rate. Lastly, it’s important to tend to your own self esteem, because you’re the best role model that they could have, so if you’re working on your stuff, then they’re going to follow you. So that’s been our blog on self esteem, and I look froward to speaking with you soon. Bye.

How Can I Increase My Child’s Self Esteem?

May 18, 2018
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/ By Jonathon Hourigan

In this blog post, our chief instructor Jonathon Hourigan addresses a question he gets asked a lot by parents. “Can you help me increase my child’s self-esteem?” Last blog post, we talked about how we can build a child’s self esteem through physical skills and they were balance, and speed, co-ordination and strength, and so on. In this video, we will talk about some of the skills that we pay particular attention to here at Black Belt Plus Martial Arts Centre, but we will also give you some helpful tips and advice on how you can nurture and build upon your child’s self-esteem at home.

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JONATHON: Hi mums and dads, Jonathon Hourigan from Black Belt Plus here in Burleigh. Last blog, we talked about how we can build a child’s self esteem through physical skills and they were balance, and speed, co-ordination and strength, and so on. In this blog I want to talk about how children can help to build their own self esteem. So in our school and at home we encourage these things to be done. Firstly we start off with encouraging children to have good posture, standing straight, looking confident. From there we encourage them to smile, and also to help each other, and that can be in the form of they give each other praise when we’re doing races and games. And also, if somebody falls over or makes a mistake, nobody laughs, they just tend to cheer them on.

And at home, well sorry not home, but at school we encourage them to look out for others at school as well, so like for instance, if someone is being bullied then they go over and try to be that person’s friend. So by doing these things we encourage children to be an individual, to realise that they don’t have to be like everybody else, and to just be themselves and be proud of that.

Okay. That’s great. Look forward to seeing you next blog. Bye.

How to Build Your Child’s Self-Esteem and Confidence

May 7, 2018
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/ By Jonathon Hourigan

In this blog post, Chief Instructor Jonathon Hourigan talks about how to build kids self-esteem and confidence to stop the bully. Last week, we looked at building confidence to use our words to stop bullying in it’s tracks. Once we master the verbal de-escalation we can conquer the physical aspect of training. In this blog, we talk about the foundation steps we teach our students to help them physically defend themselves. Our aim is to help students be confident and skilled enough to stand up to bullies and keep themselves and others safe here in the Gold Coast.

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JONATHON: Mums and dads, Jonathon Hourigan from Black Belt Plus Marital Arts Centre in Burleigh. I’ve got a second tip today about how to build your child’s self-esteem and confidence. The second thing that we do in our school is work on the physical skill of a student. Now, that can be the same at home. So we find that building a child’s balance, coordination and strength and speed all helps them feel better about themselves. This can be done with any sport that you might have at home, even if it’s just riding a bike, or riding a skateboard, or learning to surf. All those things are building this response inside your child that. “Hey, I can do something and it feels good, and I can be proud of myself.”

We do that in many ways here. Learning how to kick and punch and defend ourselves, and do lots of fitness work, and acrobatics work, and all those things add up. Combining those with using your voice, adds up to developing a child who can say no and stand up to the bully and have that self-confidence to lead a happy, healthy life at school and at home. Hope this helps, and look forward to seeing you soon. Bye.

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