I'm writing on the train again. I have to admit it's my favourite place and time. I'm happy to use a pen too, as it has more to it than a keyboard. Outside the window, the September sun is unscrupulously mocking the children locked in school classrooms. To be honest, September is one of my favourite months. Not at all because I have stopped associating it with going back to school.
Another example of shaping a child's attitude: nurturing a child's curiosity about the world. Ah, the overrated questions like "and why?" or "and why?". And do you know what the funniest thing is? Many of them are just too difficult for adults! A little girl asked me yesterday if I would rather live in an orphanage or stay with my parents but suffer hunger. By God! This question really gave me food for thought. I found beyond that the reason for the differences. The baggage of experience effectively prevents adults from specifying certain views. Children just don't know it yet.
To return to the topic: interest is a sacred thing! An interested child strives to find out for himself. The rest will only understand in adulthood that school is not an unpleasant duty, but a privilege to learn all the mysteries of the world. Poor children, because they have to cope without such knowledge. The truth is that it is up to us to make them realise this.
Instead of boasting again about my pedagogical knowledge, I will say briefly: an interested parent equals an interested child. Again, three wonderful words: the method of personal example.
I am boring, so I will summarise. The child has responsibilities to the school and the parent has responsibilities to the child (both facts known not for a moment). All I am proposing is to turn responsibilities into positives. Dear parent: this is not the way, where coercion and oppression go. So do something for yourself: take an interest in your duty.
