Modelling behaviour - Tribute to Albert Bandura

 

 You are behaving just like your mom.... is it a wake up call or a compliment? Often we come across such feedback. 

A child begins to imitate its primary caregivers and gradually imbibes the behaviour of people they interact directly or indirectly with. 

Albert Bandura's Social Learning theory talks of modelling/ imitating/imbibing from parents and environment. It is a powerful theory and a parenting tip. I have often asked in my sessions- how do you want your child to grow up to be? Live your life accordingly... 

Every minute we are consciously/unconsciously enacting out what we have absorbed( from homes, outside, characters from the tv, celebrities..) in the same vein. Now is that not powerful? Can we not pause to reflect on our behaviour so as to improvise ourselves?