It is no secret that parents from all walks of life treat and handle children in a wide spectrum of ways. They all raise and nurture their children bringing into play a range of mechanisms. As children cannot differentiate the sheep from the goats, parents should attach significance to various techniques which help children be on the right track and harvest the fruit of success down the road. As children are today’s flowers and tomorrow’s seeds, parents should attach weight to stages of child growth and development properly. If parents fail to do so, they will end up missing the intended target in the blink of any eye. Likewise, parents should know the techniques of raising and nurturing children like the palm of their hand. Above and beyond, they should make sure that their children are heading in the right track. If not, children will end up missing the desired goal or losing the intended target. All efforts of parents will go up in smoke.
Nurturing children is bordering on building a nation without exaggeration. If parents shower their children with love and lead them in the right path, Ethiopia will move to a new chapter of success with no trouble. Aside from lending ears to their children, parents should treat their children like king and queen now and then. Moreover, they should be able to punish their children in the way that help them to be on the right track. In fact, punishment has nothing to do with feelings of hatred. Parents should be able to distance themselves from getting them involved in beating their children. Unless children are properly punished, their behavior may go from the frying into the fire without a shred of doubt.
A Development Psychologist Glawdiose Alelegne who is working for FM 97.1 Radio said that discipline plays major role in acquainting children with the dos and don’ts of various discipline strategies. In fact, discipline does not necessarily mean punishment. It attaches importance to talking and listening in addition to guiding children towards familiarizing with appropriate behavior which is applicable everywhere. What is more, discipline smoothes the progress of managing children’s own behavior and developing important skills like the ability to get along with others. He continued, “Listening plays a vital role in child growth and development. Taking no notice of awful behavior can be a valuable way of bringing it to an end.
Besides, paying no attention to horrific deeds can coach children expected end results of their proceedings. The other thing to bear in mind is that a time-out can be for the most part constructive when a specific rule is out of order or when children embark on getting off the track. “Similarly, parents should be able to know ABC’s of behavior management at home like antecedents, behaviors and consequences. Furthermore, they should be able to know the inside out of their children’s behavior apart from making continues follow-up.
If parents put these facts into effect, they can harvest the fruit of success at the drop of a hat,” he said. According to some sources, punishment educates children the fact that their parents are responsible for setting boundaries that familiarize children with invaluable life skills. More often than not, children feel on the wrong side of the law when they do something bad. It is crystal clear that a suitable punishment can ease that fault and coach children how to keep away from a similar situation. As a matter of fact, grueling outside the range of a specific action does not relieve guilt.
The Ethiopian Herald May 21/ 2019
BY LULIM WONDWOSSEN TESHOME
