Ways to help your child get ahead.
As parents we all wish we had a route map that would guarantee our child a successful future. Every parent wants their child to excel in life, be a well groomed and honest adult. There might not be a definite formula to actualise this wish, but we have enough scientific evidence to believe that parents and their parenting ways have a profound impact on how successful their children turn out.
Most parents are obsessed with academic excellence. In today’s competitive world, a good result is considered the only way a child can get ahead of others. It will surprise you that besides academic excellence there are certain other skills research identifies that a child’s successful future depends upon. Studies have also cautioned of overenthusiastic parenting and how unsuspectingly we might be doing our children a huge disfavour. Here is find out what you should and what you shouldn’t do as a parent.
Household chores
Gone are the days when children helped around the house, took out the garbage, watered the garden and learnt how to rustle up a quick breakfast. With children already strapped with academic and extracurricular activities, not to forget tuitions, the concept of doing household chores – more specifically helping out in the family – is considered a waste of time. Convenient for children who are absolved of work, parents further compound the situation by waiting on their children.
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