Teacher Najmi

Repeat the good stuff

Want to know one of the simplest, most powerful tools in parenting?

👉 Catch your child being good.

Research from Yale psychologist Alan Kazdin shows that noticing and naming positive behavior — even tiny moments — shapes kids’ brains far more effectively than focusing on what they’re doing wrong.

Instead of: “Stop interrupting.”
Try: “I really like how you waited until I finished talking.”

Every time you name what’s going right, you strengthen the connection and increase the chances your child will do it again. 💛

Love and Connection first

Before a child can learn, they have to feel safe.
Before they can listen, they have to feel seen.
Before they can grow, they have to know they are loved — not for what they do, but for who they are.

Love is the foundation that every skill, every value, every lesson is built upon.
It’s what quiets the fear, softens the defenses, and opens the mind to possibility.

A child who feels loved learns differently — they explore without fear of failure, speak without fear of rejection, and try again without fear of judgment.

We can teach rules, routines, and respect.
But without love, those lessons don’t take root.

Because love is what gives meaning to everything else. ❤️


Quote Credit: Amanda Morgan❣️

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Hear hear! That’s why its called parenting. It’s for the parents to do first before children can model it.

Sekolah AyahBunda bawah guidance of Dr Dr. Putri Afzan Maria Zulkifli banyak bawakan pendidikan keibubapaan.

Objective utama: supaya anak dapat manfaatnya dan dapat ke sekolah dengan tenang.

Aik? So.. subjek Pendidikan Agama or Pendidikan Moral tak cukup bagus lah?

Hmmmmm.. peliklah

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