ENTERS MUMMY AT 6AM.
“Rise and shine boy! School resumes today. Get up and get dressed.”
The young man rolls on his belly, grabs the duvet, pulls it over his head and snoozes off. Mum wonders why he is so lazy. The truth is, he might not be.
This video is a screenshot of feedback I received from parents (some of whom, I’ve never met physically) after 3 months of online teaching. Some of these words nearly bring tears to my eyes. It is a testimony I can’t keep to myself. I just gotta share.
We need to see discipline from the child’s perspective not ours.
In some other cases, the strategy you employ might stop a certain challenging behaviour but trigger a new one. This calls for some deep thinking.
Parents, we need to reflect on our practice with our children, just as we do on our jobs.
