Parents play a big part in the development of the children.  However, today’s parents are going overboard with respect to acting their part in the total development of the child.  Although it is not advisable for parents to immerse much of this aspect, they cannot be blamed for being over-protective of their children’s welfare.

 

More important than physical presence, parents should remain on the background in their child’s quest for total development.  At the background, parents could give comfort and support than being visible and uttering voluntary instructions and active assistance.  Children become confused when receiving much instruction from a lot of people.  They tend to be distracted and fully lose focus on the undertaking.

 

It is more advisable for parents to clarify things than be argumentative. Although their assistance is viable to the development of the child, it must be given sparingly or when sought.  Giving the child a space to grow by himself will boost their confidence and self-worth.  Parents should listen more and give lecture less.  Today’s pupils are more experimental and have the tendency to try things on their own.  They have to be given the leeway to discover things on their own.

 

As the author Kahlil Gibran said, “Your children are not your children; they are the sons and daughters of life longing for itself.”  In short, parents can always show the child the road, but expect the child to reach their destination on his own.

By: Anna Liza P. Bongco | Master Teacher I | Orion Elementary School | Orion, Bataan