Every major
problem that you face today
Were just small
issues that you overlooked yesterday.”- mahatria Ra
On the reopening day of the school,
children in Primary classes were coming in so happily, as if, they were just
waiting for this day. Almost all of them came on time and proceeded to their
class. Just a few of them came in a bit late, during the five minutes grace
time that we give after the reporting time. A couple of them were brought to
school very late. The school insists on punctuality and so they were not
allowed. As expected, one of the parents, was arguing and another was begging to
be allowed inside. The school had sent messages every day before the reopening
day, insisting on punctuality. Yet, they said that, being the first day, they
assumed that students would be let in.
What they don’t learn in childhood,
they will never learn in life. It is easy for the school to overlook all this
and just focus on academics, but, we understand that if late coming is
overlooked in their growing up years, they will struggle as an adult, to reach
a place on time. They will struggle in their work place to complete their work
on time. In everything, they will be late.
We find so many adults in this situation. They will become unreliable.
First the world will lose faith in them, and slowly they will stop believing in
themselves. It has a deep subconscious programming. What we need is a powerful
mind. So, the school insists on punctuality to achieve mind over body. Only
then can we become the master of our life. Time and distance is an attitude.”
Attitudes don’t care where they are shaped. Once shaped, they become our
behavior, either creating us or destroying us in the process.” By insisting on
punctuality, we are developing in them, a powerful mind.
There are times when students are
caught coming to school in a powered two-wheeler. They are warned. The school
objects to a student riding a powered two-wheeler without a license. Students
should be trained to be law abiding citizens. Just because many are using a
powered two-wheeler without license, a wrong will not become right. If parents
refrain from buying a powered two-wheeler for the children, however adamant
they are, it will do a lot of good to the children. On the contrary, they are
told to park the vehicle two streets away from the school so that they don’t
get caught. Children should not be taught to ask, “Will I be caught or not?”
They should actually ask themselves, “Am I right or not?” But a wrong programming
happens. The mind becomes manipulative. Developing a manipulative mind in their
growing up years will land them in trouble affect their life.
By criticizing your child’s school on
the social media, you sow the seed of hatred in your child. By talking ill about the teacher in front of
the child, you are indirectly teaching the child to disrespect the teacher and to
be judgmental. Children should learn to respect their teachers and take pride
in the school. No matter how the child relates to the teacher or the school,
neither will be affected, but it will have its own consequences in the child’s
life. So, can we teach them to respect all?
These are a few of our responsibilities as parents. Can our life be the
scripture for our children? To show the right direction to the child. Our
children look up to us for guidance. All these may seem trivial to some, but
when you evolve as a person, you understand the right way to live life.
Anything that is wrong, should be avoided and anything that is right, must be
embraced, early in life.
If you have not practiced yoga as a child, you will find it very
difficult to lift your own body as an adult. Try a dhanurasana, or a bhujangasana or adho mukha, or a janu sirasasana,
and you will realize that the body you neglected in childhood is unable to
become flexible as an adult. Your own body becomes a challenge to you, unlike a
child, who can do all of these with ease. Similarly, what is not taught in
childhood is difficult to learn as an adult. The threat then will not be from
outside. The threat will be from within, if we don’t get children into the
right habits. Hey parents, are you listening?
#Thoughtfulthursdays #nsn #nsnschool #mentoring #parenting
Mam you are absolutely right. Completely understand and agree to what is said.
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