LET’S US PLAY, READ AND HAVE FUN WITH OUR CHILDREN

Many parents have endless complaints about their children. However, most of the time, it is parents who have forgotten to set the correct example. This can be set right by exhibiting polite manners, courteous language, punctuality and other such values. Children learn by observing. My colleagues often face a herculean task getting the students to submit their assignments, projects and written work on time. On the other hand, we don’t face that problem in the staff room, when we have to submit work. The simple reason, the corrected exercise books, test sheets, worksheets are all returned within 24 hours of submission.

Here’s another example to illustrate my point.Two neighbours had identical garden plots. The first had a prize-winning immaculate row of flower beds. The other, a dishevelled array of plants growing in not so-neat-rows of flower beds. Unfortunately, the children of the first home could hardly distinguish one flower from another; whereas the children of the second home knew every detail about the plants. Let us work along with our children rather than expect them to know how hard we work, when all they see us do is surf the channels. Let us play, read and have fun with them if we want to have a complaint-free life.