But first, what is a well behaved child? Is the model child who must not repeat 10 times a day the same sentence or Can we reduce education to politeness? If that was the case, the parents would not pose as many questions! So, between the fear of being too severe, as our grandparents, and the fear of being too relaxed, like our parents, what are the new educational principles that can be of help for parents today?
In education, it often refers to the one we have given our own parents, whether one is for or against. But the world today is not the same as it was 30 years ago. Unemployment, insecurity, conflicts … In our uncertain society, the family is becoming a safe haven, “the most important thing in their lives” for 82% of Americans (IFOP poll-May 2014). In this context, it is understandable that parents want to press “pause” in the evening and do not live with their children conflicts as exhausting as stressful.
Well-educated parents are well-educated children
When addressing the topic of education as a reference guide, Laurence Pernoud ,a well known specialist in child education titled one chapter of his book “the silent education.” Understand that the facts are as important as the words to our children like a red light ad driving, it’s not very credible when then requires that our children wait for the little green man before crossing! One of the great principles of education, so “do as I say and do what I do.”
But to educate a child, you are not alone. We can not emphasize enough, parents should stay together on the education front. Basic rule: you never disavowed the other parent to the child. At worst, after a discussion, if we do not agree, at best, it is stated before on what we want to instill in our offspring. Something that is not always easy to do.
And in the case of separation, the dialogue between the two parents is even more critical. Although daily life is punctuated by alternating, it is crucial that the child keeps fixed benchmarks and feels that his parents talk to him with one voice.