12 COMMANDMENTS FOR PARENTS
12 commandments for parents
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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