Children
are God’s gift to us, and how we raise them is our gift to the world. In losing
ourselves to the rat race and our preoccupation with competition and acquiring
status symbols, let us not forget to enjoy these gifts. Children are a great
source of joy, fun, laughter and relaxation. They have a right to optimum and
wholesome development. Let us not deny them these rights. Let us enjoy our
children and let us help them to enjoy their lives.
Very often,
children are blamed by their parents for turning out the way they are when it
is actually the parents who had used unfavourable child-rearing practices.
Parents normally learn from their own parents, irrespective of whether their
parents used good or unfavourable practices. Somehow it is hammered into their
consciousness that what their parents said and did was the right thing.
‘Parents can never be wrong’ is the common belief. So they continue their
parents used to do.
It is an
understatement to say that the conditions in which their children are growing
up. Now many children are alone most of time. Children are growing up watching
television and playing violent games on the computer, and with fewer people to
monitor the content.
Bringing up
children is an entirely different experience in this day and age. Children
today are growing up in a world of instant gratification and information
overload. Distractions are too many. If parents expect their children to have
the qualities that they had or obey them at the slightest indication, then
their expectations are not realistic. It has never been tougher being a parent.
But the important thing is to raise secure kids. Clear limits or do’s and
don’ts are necessary. Parents should make sure that rules are being followed
and consequences must be inevitable if they are not followed. Not necessarily
in the tiger mom style, but in a gentle, firm loving way that shows who is the
boss.
About the Author:
The Author is Ms. Farah Awasthi, Primary Coordinator, Meenakshi Public School
www.meenakshipublicschool.com
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