24/08/2022
I have been waiting time and again before I write a similar post so it coincides with the comeback to school.
Dear parents and fellow educators
I have been witnessing a dismissal of self-development courses/classes in a number of institutions. From the other side, I have been witnessing a number of behavioral abnormalities in kids. We will first agree on the fact that our children are what Noam Chomsky calls "Blank slates" that parents, friends, institutions and relatives ; with a number of other actors could influence.
Teach your kid to be autonomous
Teach your kid to be responsive
Teach your kid to be respectful
Teach your kid to be rigorous
Teach your kid self-love and self-sufficiency
Teach them to be solidary
One day, you will figure out that his autonomy will allow him to create his own life ; a life where hee will not be a copy of X Or W Or Z; but similar to him/erself; a modied and developed version of who s/he was. Being autonomous will allow him to understand he is the king of his own life. At the same time, altruism and solidarity will allow him to stand fort the right path/side.
Being responsive will allow your kid to understand that the world is that shared community we all share together ; and that since we all needed it to be clean, healthy and well-organized; then we will all share that responsibility of taking care of how we behave in society. Certain codes could only be acquired from the parents. You, dears are the sole providers of such emotions as affection and love so your kids could spread. Tell them to look at the others as complementary so they could live in harmony with all what they see as different. Sole kids have enough of getting bullied. Tell them to step into thee shoes of others if they do not understand. Reverse situations so they get the full picture if you could do.
Please if they watch the television with you, try to explain that bad habits are exceptions and that they should not behave as such. Tell them there is a style of speech appropriate fort each and every situation. Please control your children while they play, watch television or use internet and teach them to be responsible for in front of you when they do not understand or when they fail to get appropriate kinds of behaviors.
Play roles with your kids so they learn. Be the model to follow and make them grasp life easily so they could get to school well prepared. And since we said school, teach them that there is always a vis-a-vis to contact in different situations.
Happy comeback everyone, including parents and children 🌹
