How do you keep your child growing up successful?

China
October 4, 2009 10:01pm CST
Since the child was given birth,I was eager to educate him the most effective way to make him excellent outstanding. I was planning to get him charactor of successful people,such as 1)self-confidence--When he was laughed by classmates because of his fatness. 2)set up a goal--find out what kind of thing he's interested in and would address himself to do it big--except computer games,that do harm child! 3)learning give and take--I always tell him you're a big boy and you're excellent,but we should make a little progress every day--whatever you do is all right... I don't know if my words worked,sometimes we sat down and relaxed together watching TV,we talked a lot about his school things, sports things...,seems we can be good friends,but I do worry about how much freedom should I give him? He's growing up fast, and things are becoming more complicated, he's starting to think of things in his own way,but it's obviously he can't be responsible for his actions, what if you warn him too much about his behavior? Sometimes I do think I should let him take all the responsiblities about his behavior,but,he played kid cards and we helped him eventually,what will you do with this growing-up thing? Is that easy to handle for you? Please be kind and give me some advice,thanks.
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@getbrowser (1708)
• China
5 Oct 09
Nowadays, I don't get married for the law doesn't allow people under 22 to married. If I have a child, perhaps I won't spend much on educating him and teach him what should do or how to do something, which may be useless and hamful to a kid. Maybe what they should do is just to be happy everyday and enjoy a better childhood. I have remembered that I am not happy everyday for there are lots of things to do, which is really suffering.
• China
5 Oct 09
Agree . let them know which is right and which is right .here , the wrongs or rights involves if a certain thing is suitable for him or her at certain age. only when they can do that can we treat them as an adult.
• India
5 Oct 09
Basically success and failures of any person or any child is not in out hands. However, its our responsibility to train out kid with good qualities. We should be fully matured while intracting with the kid. we should know our limitations. we should not keep pressure on the kid by scolding him or screwing him for small small things. We should teach him what is good and what is bad in a polite way so that he can understand.
@Zhizho (1350)
• Indonesia
5 Oct 09
Hi.I think All parents would like to have succesful children,so as their first parents,we give them good educating at home.I try to be a model for my kid.Because at early age,they will imitate and could absorp some information.My son was two years old.I think,there are things that we have to concern.First,his healthy.You know,some problem come because child are not health.So I try to fulfill his requirement as human. Other thing that I could be teach him is love book,give him education toys,discipline such as put something at the place,share time to play and rest.And I don't forget to pray to God.
@jenlex79 (256)
• United States
5 Oct 09
Well, I taught my daughter how to be respectful and have good manners. She learned 2 languages since she was a baby, so she can now speak english and spanish.I allow her to play video games because it helps with hand eye cordination and it makes your brain work hard to figure out puzzles. We go to church so she can build a relationship with God. No matter what you do though, children will eventually do what they want to do. The best thing to do is not to pressure them to do things that make them uncomfortable. They will become rebelious and act very bad. We can do our best raising them, but in the end they make the final decisions in their lives. Just keep encouraging your child, thats a great thing to do.