Helping Parents to Raise Successful Children
Reading readiness One of the most important realizations to come out of modern child study is that we cannot force learning before children are ready for it. We have always known it in some specific kinds of learning. We see that a baby reaches a physical stage when he is ready to learn to creep [...]
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It is told of Francis W. Parker, famous educator, that a mother came to him to talk about putting her six-year-old in school. “Colonel Parker,” she began, “isn’t it about time we got Ray started in his education?” “Madam,” he exclaimed, “you cannot mean that you have done nothing about his education all these years! [...]
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By the time the child is six his pre-school years will be over and he will be off to school. This is a new experience, even for those youngÂsters who have been to nursery school or kindergarten. For now school days really start. The child must be ready to hold his own with other boys [...]
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Fears In all families things sometimes go wrong. Most children, for inÂstance, develop fears of one sort or another. Whenever a child has fears it is a sign he needs greater reassurance and understanding. Fears are the symptom and parents must look for the cause behind them. Sometimes the cause is simple and lies in [...]
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All children need other children to play with. It is not a kindness to a child to keep him from playing with other children for fear he will get a children’s disease, learn bad language, or learn to play roughly. Children need youngsters as part of learning to grow up and get along with other [...]
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