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Raising Self-Reliant and Confident
Children The biological parent-child connection is the deepest natural bond there is. It continues even after separation by death. From the moment they first appear, children introduce a new dimension to our lives that expands, challenges and deepens our relationship with them. How do we nurture them? Permissiveness or authoritarianism or a balance of both? Read on to find out what practical approaches can parents take to foster the formation of positive values and develop their personality to help become self-reliant and independent
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Having Trouble In Getting
your Children To Complete Schoolwork? If you have, you are not alone. Children are by nature playful and will try to delay completing their assignments. Another possibility is that they may have difficulties in following their lessons in school. The key in cultivating good habits in them i.e. finish their schoolwork without being told is not to reprimand nor coerce them to do what you want them to do. Coercion kills motivation and should never be used in encouraging kids to get their act together. It may also be necessary to understand the problems or difficulties that they may have in their schoolwork and assist them in overcoming such difficulties. This requires an open communication channel between the child and the parents and lots of encouragement. [Click to continue]
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How To Supercharge Your Child For Optimal Achievements? Being a parent is definitely hard and it is likely not to get any easier. I am a parent myself and I understand the challenges and difficulties in raising children. As we most parents, we have to manage family arrangements and needs, relationships, career, home finance and a host of other issues that bombard us everyday. That will leave us with not much energy nor time to guide and develop our children. Yet many parents go the extra mile to dutifully ferrying their children for special coaching classes, enrichment classes and other extra-curricular activities (ECA) Why so? It seems that the stakes are high. There is a growing social and economic divide between those who excel in school and/or ECA and those are merely plods along. In addition, some parents seem to have the secret agenda of trying seek glory through the successes of their children. So, parents want their children to be in the best schools, get the top grades and finally grow up to secure top jobs. The pressure starts quite early. In fact as early as pre-nursery. Is hot housing a good thing at a young and tender age? There is a no straight forward answer. it really depends on the individuals and their interests. If it is an area that a child is truly interested in and has the natural talent to excel, hot housing may work. But for many others, this approach may do more harm than good. |