I am writing a series of posts on Thom Black’s excellent book on parenting called “Born to fly”. Commandment number 3 is this: FOCUS ON YOUR CHILD’S INTENSE MOVEMENTS. Black says that as parents, we must pay careful attention on our child’s strengths and abilities. Our children have at least 5 strongest abilities that would [...]
Thom Black’s 7 commandments on “Helping your child fly” mentions that YOU SHOULD TRUST YOUR CHILD’S WINGS. That would be Commandment #4. Since you have already determined your child’s strengths, you should trust in them. Words that describe your child’s strengths would be: CONSISTENT REPETITIVE STRONG WILLFUL This reminds me of Ria in one of [...]
Commandment #5 would be “LOOK BEYOND YOUR OWN EXPECTATIONS, FRUSTRATIONS, AND DISAPPOINTMENT TO SEE WHAT YOUR CHILD IS REALLY DOING IN A PARTICULAR ACTIVITY.” The author tells about a situation he saw one day: a little girl coloring her coloring book. Intently focusing on her work, she was interrupted by her mom who scolded her [...]