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Every family needs a mission statement.
All the children should know it.
It should guide parenting decisions and frame conversations about identity.
One of the things my family aims for is to raise independent adults who are self-disciplined, brilliant and entrepreneurial.
All the children should know it.
It should guide parenting decisions and frame conversations about identity.
One of the things my family aims for is to raise independent adults who are self-disciplined, brilliant and entrepreneurial.
To achieve this, I cannot do everything for my kids no matter how much I want to. The only way to develop self-discipline is to give children the opportunity to decide to do the right thing even when no one is watching.
I assign chores, make the older ones review homework
I assign chores, make the older ones review homework
And teach them to be courteous to adults in my employ.
Sometimes, I would rather wash a dish myself. It would be faster and I would do a better job but I don't want to deny them the opportunity to improve.
Brilliance in my definition is to love knowledge. I set high standards
Sometimes, I would rather wash a dish myself. It would be faster and I would do a better job but I don't want to deny them the opportunity to improve.
Brilliance in my definition is to love knowledge. I set high standards
academically but never unrealistic ones. I reward good grades bc we put in the work. Above the grades, I'm interested in how the subject changes their approach to life.
If a kettle is on fire, how does science help us determine the water is at boiling point?
Discuss (10 marks)
If a kettle is on fire, how does science help us determine the water is at boiling point?
Discuss (10 marks)
If you score 100% in Science and can't answer that question, we're gonna have a problem.
The hallmark of a good entrepreneur is grit.
Grit can be defined as the persistence required to remain on course without public validation or reward.
One day my 5 year old came home sulking.
The hallmark of a good entrepreneur is grit.
Grit can be defined as the persistence required to remain on course without public validation or reward.
One day my 5 year old came home sulking.
He said he never wanted to go to the playground again. When I asked why, he said there was no reason.
Eventually, he admitted someone had said something mean to him.
Now I felt like marching there and fighting for him but that is not seving our mission statement in any way.
Eventually, he admitted someone had said something mean to him.
Now I felt like marching there and fighting for him but that is not seving our mission statement in any way.
The boy was a year older and did not hit him so I felt he should not have run away.
I told him to return to the playground & stand his ground.
He came home hours later.
Me: What did the boy say?
Him: He had left.
Me: 🙄
Also me: Did you have fun today?
Him: Yes. I scored a goal
I told him to return to the playground & stand his ground.
He came home hours later.
Me: What did the boy say?
Him: He had left.
Me: 🙄
Also me: Did you have fun today?
Him: Yes. I scored a goal
Every family should base their parenting decisions on what kind of adults they plan to release into the society.
Don't leave things to chance.
Children are not weeds who grow by themselves unattended.
They are like lovely trees who require systematic nurturing.
#parenting101
Don't leave things to chance.
Children are not weeds who grow by themselves unattended.
They are like lovely trees who require systematic nurturing.
#parenting101
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