Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Teaching children by our example
Each day, whether we are aware of it or not, we teach our children through our actions/interactions. We teach through modelling our behaviour to them that they then copy. Monkey see monkey do. This behaviour is both the desirable and the not so desirable, the good and the ugly. From nose-picking, to the use of slang, swear-words, to addictions, to our use of syntax, eating habits, love of certain TV and music genres, interpersonal skills (or not), sleeping habits, general mood, emotional maturity, and so on and so on. The list is endless. We are presented with a near-blank slate and give it our best, our worst and our "in between". Question to the parents is, what is it that we are teaching our children? What are we perpetuating? Is it healthy for our children? What kind of a future are we co-creating today for the coming generations? Does all of this matter? What kind of a future would we like to co-create? Is it worth getting more actively involved? I don't know, you tell me.
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