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UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN IN TODAY’S COMPETITIVE WORLD
Today’s World is a world of competition, there is cut throat competition in
every sphere of life. The Theory of “SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST” applies in each
and every walk of the society. The biggest question which arises in our mind is
that how to brought up our children in order to face competitive world and
emerge victorious. Let us first of all analyze the mindset of parents. Normally
parents start educating their children by the age of two or three , as it is a
common thinking that by this age only a child is going to be in a position of
understanding the things. But here lies the problem because we are
underestimating the capabilities and skills of a child. There are certain skills
which start developing in a child right from his birth but since those skills
are not properly nourished , they start decaying and by the time a child attains
the age of two , those skills are already on the verge of being vanished.
Let me tell you
what are those skills.
· Listening and concentration skills.
· Manipulative skills.
· Skills of color , Texture & time
· Social Skills
Now these skills play a very crucial role in a development of a child. Like most of you must have noticed that a child start operating a TV from a remote control without getting any guidance from any member of the family, this is an example of concentration skill, coz a child is very imitative by nature and he use to imitate almost each and every action of his closed ones ,so just by watching others he also learns how to operate a TV through a remote control, likewise you must have noticed that children who are brought up in an environment where luxuries of life are available right from the beginning, they use to adopt the environment and start behaving in that manner only, these are only few examples to put, but there are many. Now if in a home an educational environment persists then the child tend to have a positive attitude for education right from the beginning, because first two years of child are very important, the skills which you can develop in a child by that age are going to be his asset for his lifetime. It is very important to provide the essential educational materials to the kids in that age , Few Educational programs are being developed by the companies like MARSHAL DIRECT & WORLD BOOK to meet those requirement of early education of children. Strong foundation is very essential for anything to face all the obstacles, likewise early education is a strong foundation for a child to face all the hardships in life and prepare him to face this competitive world. Like we need food in order to be healthy and maintain our energy levels, likewise the food to the brain of a child in his early years, are books, which works as a proper nourishment to the Brain.
Another problem which many parents face is the problem of answering each and
every question of children, by nature children are very curious and they use to
ask lots of questions in a day, sometimes parents use to answer them accurately,
sometime they just pass on the information whatever they have without checking
the accuracy and sometimes they totally ignore these questions. Now the end
loser in all these circumstances is only the child, Coz if he is not getting the
proper answer to his questions his curiosity
start decreasing and that leads to the total alienation of child towards
studies. Let me tell you that the best time to answer the questions asked by
children is when they ask them & most important is to answer them accurately coz
if we will provide them the wrong information it will ruin their prospects of
getting the best education. Now we are not super human beings that we know all
the answers to the question put by the children so we have to have the books
which contains all the information about everything, like Encyclopedias or other
books which contains the questions which a child
normally asks and their answers.
These are few
steps if we take then believe me we will be able to lay a strong foundation for
the best education for our children and it will help them in overcoming each and
every problem in their life. These steps will build up their confidence and
develop a feeling of staying ahead in each and every sphere of life.
Your comments on this article are highly appreciable.
Regards
Zartab