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Parenting |
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Successful Parenting Parents are eager to bring up their children to become successful persons. However, throughout one’s life, there are many challenges and ups and downs. As it is impossible to win all the times, they bound to encounter failures and difficult times. To help children to meet the challenges of life, the effective tool is to form their character and instil the right values in life, so that they become responsible and productive members of society. In the character formation of their children, parents are the principal educators. It is only through the performance of this role that the upbringing of children can be successful. |
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The Roles of Parents in School Life In the
upbringing and education of children, the highest and ultimate authority lies
with the family, and more precisely with the father and the mother. We know
that: a)
A child has only one set of parents but can
choose from among many schools. b)
He can change schools but he cannot change
parents. c)
Schools are the product of each particular
culture and civilization, while the family is a natural institution. d)
Parents can compensate for the shortcomings
of a school, but not vice-versa. Nowadays
children have to go to school for a long and often intense period of
formation. But it is worth remembering that the compulsory education in no way
supersedes the function and responsibility of parents and the family. Some
parents confess that for various reasons – lack of time, the complexity of
modern education, the difficulties of everyday life etc. they cannot personally
devote themselves sufficiently to educating their children. They send them to
the best school they can and satisfy their consciences that they have acted
as good parents. Others may not admit this, either consciously and
unconsciously, but their motives are the same. In the final analysis, it
amounts to a partial delegation of their responsibility. In other words, they
purchase their freedom from a certain obligation, namely their children’s
education, by handing over the job to a more or less competent body of
people. Clearly the school complements the education given by the family, but
does not replace it. |
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For further information on parenting, the following
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