In a child’s education an important factor is
the parents’ expertise for this “job”. No one is born holding all the
knowledge, but we can learn and understand some things from books or advice
from qualified persons.
Amongst the commandments a parent should
strictly follow are the following:
1. Do not underestimate your child – he can
understand more than you think he does and if you make him believe you think
poorly of him this might affect his development.
2. Don’t use threat – a child loves a
challenge and once threatened he might probably go on and do what he wasn’t
suppose to just to see if he can escape the punishment.
3. Do not bribe your child – if you are
trying to get him to learn for money for example, he will fail to understand
the importance of learning, all he will get from this is the importance of
money.
4. Do not make a small child promise
something – small children can’t hold promises so don’t force them to lie and
then punish them because they did that.
5. Do not keep them under a short leash – to
grow up normally children need some space, some freedom.
6. Do not use big words or too many words
when you are talking to your child – keep your ideas simple and concise so he
can understand every thing you have to say.
7. Do not expect an immediate and blind
obedience – it is not recommended, the child has to be learned to think for his
own not to follow orders.
8. Do not indulge him too mush – he can
develop compartmental disorders.
9. Do not compromise when it comes to the
rules of a game – the trick for a game to become educative is too have its
initial rules respected.
10. Don’t impose rules that don’t go with the
age of your child.
11. Do not try to inflict quilt – quilt is
not an appropriate feeling for children, especially if they are little.
12. Don’t give your child orders that you
don’t take seriously – your child will try to please you and giving him an
order is drastic, and it becomes cruel if that order is a joke.
All these “commandments” are addressed first
to the parent. But they are to be referred to by teachers and educators as
well. Along with the parents, they will settle upon an attitude and strategy
for the education and growth of the child, so that they can give him all the
things he needs to properly develop emotional and physically.
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