My mother always tells me what she felt was wrong in her upbringing and she did her best to avoid those mistakes that her mother made and also ask me not to repeat that mistake. Kind of for me to learn from her mistakes so to speak. This is all very well, but what about those who do not have a parent to model on?
I believe that parents or the child’s immediate family (grandparents, siblings and those who live with the child) play a major role in children’s upbringing; other family members (the extended family) and teachers come at a close second.
I think it would be good to have a system whereby, whosoever wants to become a parent; they need to sit an exam – kind of like the NCEA – different unit standards for the candidate parent to achieve - before they can embark on the parenthood journey!!
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Parenting - while there are many books on the subject, funny how most people still can't find solution to their dilemma!
ReplyDeleteI do believe kids should be taught about traditions and values at home first and then they go to school to acquire more 'knowledge'. However, with the sub-standard of people who are being trained as teachers, its not surprising that we have problem with today's children.
May be I will continue with this blog and share my insight on how to be a 'reasonable' parent - after all, I do have a 23 years old to boast!