We will start our family vacation - our first Disney Cruise soon. But when I looked back, I felt we could have done a better job picking up a better time.
To choose the travel time, my husband's work is the first priority. We will need to pick up the time that won't affect his work.
Next, wee will avoid spring break, public holidays so we can get a great discount on the travel expenses.
Then we should check the school calendar. I regretted that I didn't do it this time. This year we had 3 teacher's work days in consecutive days. I could have considered that as a good time for family vacation. Because each county has different teacher work days, so it won't introduce the price ups on the domestic travel.
Our Disney Cruise also occurs in the week of end of school grading period. Emma will miss her last week's test and assignments and no time to make up within this grading period. So she will have an incomplete grading period. It's not really a big deal but I think it's possible we could have avoided that by doing more research picking up the vacation time.
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Thursday, May 7, 2015
儿子在Chinese immersion program 一年小结
全班23个小孩,只有儿子一个是华人,还有一个爸爸是香港人,母亲是美国人,讲广东话;还有一个家族在中国做生意,父母都是美国人,但爸爸会讲流利的中文。还有几个因为家里大点的孩子在一二年级的中文班,小的也就跟着上。学校华人很少,一个年级(一般一个年级四个班,每个班20多学生)平均大概只有两个华人孩子。每届的Chinese immersion program都没有招满,即使对其他学校的学生开放招生也还是没有招满。
中文班设两个中文老师(从中国直接过来的),一个英文老师。Kindergarten 90%的课时是教中文(语言+数学+Science/social studies),英文一天只有一个小时的时间。一年级时中英文比例会变成80%:20%, 二年级好像是70%:30%,三年级以上是50%:50%。Specials是和其他普通班的一样上(用英语)。
这样儿子在学校学,我在家里再补一点。一个学年下来,儿子掌握了将近600个汉字(上幼儿园前没有提前教),老师在学校教的大概有200个字左右(说的是认字量,会写的没这么多),其余的我在家里用阅读扩充识字量。因为有老师在学校全天教,我在家里教就轻松太多了(跟我家老大比起来)。我在家里用《中文》,《汉语》,《四五快读》和其他一些绘本作为教材。现在学完《中文》和《汉语》的第一册,《四五快读》前三册。我的目标是等儿子过了识字关,希望能追上国内孩子的中文进度。这种进度对坛子里很多家长来说不算什么,但对我来说我已经是满意了。
老师很好,英文很流利, 从国内来的老师都很年轻,大都都还没结婚,他们在这里有三年的合同。三年过后也许换一批人。因为这个program到现在也就是第三年而已,中文班现在最高到二年级。还有很多不定的因素。
班上的其他小孩也进步很快,简单的中文会话都会说了,很impressive. 我去班上做volunteer时,他们都争着跟我说中文,很厉害。还有一个体会是从学生比例来说,黑人家庭参加这个program要比白人家庭积极。有这种免费的program他们都争取把小孩送进来,而我知道的白人家庭除了跟中国有某种联系的,大部分好像并不太热心。从我周围的白人邻居里跟我小孩玩在一起的,都没参加这个program也可以看出来。
这个program是由什么机构funding的,参加人数越多,学校拿的钱越多,对学校有利。感觉校长很积极,每周都亲自给父母发一周的中文学习小结,虽然有点莫名其妙,(本来这东东该是由老师发的),但由此能感觉到校长的态度。
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
zt: 如何纠正孩子粗心的毛病
粗心是人们在生活学习中的一种常见现象,不仅孩子身上存在这种毛病,在我们这些成年人身上也或多或少地存在着。只是粗心的毛病在孩子身上表现得更明显、更突出。我们经常会看见这样的情形,家长们打电话给老师,或者家长相互见面后经常会问的一个问题是:孩子粗心怎么办?每当
一、孩子粗心的几种表现
二、家长对孩子粗心认识的三个误区
面对孩子的粗心,妈妈要拿出更多的耐心和宽容,慢慢想办法,千万不要瞎指挥、乱批评,更不要期望一蹴而就。孩子细心的好习惯是在日常生活中一点一滴养成的。
方法一:帮助孩子找到“粗心点”
一位10岁孩子的母亲在解决孩子的粗心问题方面很有心得:
我家孩子数学成绩不好,经过我和孩子仔细分析他每次做错题的原因,我们得出一致的结论:不是题不会做,而是每次都会把题目看错。由此,我得知,容易看错题目就是孩子的“粗心点”。于是,我便告诉孩子:“你粗心的原因是每到审题时,你的思维就滑过去了。怎么办呢?以后你每次再做这样的题时,先停一下,闭上眼睛数三个数,然后再睁开眼睛往下写,这样就不容易错了。因为你没让思维滑过去,而是有意识地给它设了一个障碍。这就像警察叔叔在交通事故多发地段设置提示牌一样。”
孩子用我教他的方法去做,效果果真很明显,每次做作业时,因为粗心出现的错误少多了。看,面对孩子的粗心,妈妈与其批评孩子、给孩子上“政治课”,不如具体地帮助他们找到问题的症结所在,采用正确的方法帮助孩子解决问题。
方法二:让孩子准备一个错题本
一个孩子的作业本、作文本里到处都有错别字,孩子因此很自卑,他的妈妈对此也很无奈。
于是,孩子的妈妈便去请教儿童教育专家,在教育专家的指导下,妈妈想出了一个好办法。她和这个孩子一起统计和整理他作业本里的错别字,整理完之后,她和孩子都惊奇地发现:原来,总是写错的字就是那么几个。最后,她让孩子准备了一个小本,把整理出来的错别字写在这个本子里,并且和孩子一起分析这些字写错的原因,把这些也写进本子里。
在妈妈耐心的指导和孩子的认真坚持下,一周以后,这个孩子作业本里的错别字已经明显地减少了。
如果你的孩子有粗心的毛病,你不妨让他准备一个错题本。
其实,只要对“粗心”问题进行详细地整理,这些问题就可以在思想上、意识上得到纠正。孩子以后再遇到类似的问题,大脑就会自动提出预警和反应,这样, “粗心”的现象就可以最大限度地得到控制。这就如人在冰上走路,因为冰很滑,所以要小心翼翼地走,因为小心翼翼,所以犯错误的可能自然会少了很多。
方法三:围绕细心做文章
遇到孩子粗心的问题,一般的妈妈要么抱怨、要么批评,但这样做往往效果不是很明显。其实,妈妈如果转换一下思维,围绕细心做文章也是一个不错的办法。
一位妈妈曾经这样介绍她的经验:
有时,我不总是盯住孩子因为粗心而犯的错误不放,而是寻找机会表扬孩子的细心之处。如孩子在没有经过大人的提醒下把地板扫干净了、孩子避免了一次以前经常会犯的错误等,我都会把这些记录下来。
在我们家墙壁上贴着一张细心表,孩子每细心一次,我就给他画一个红色五角星;当五角星满五个时,我就会给他一个小奖励,如带他去吃一次肯德基等;当小奖励满两次时,我就给他一个大奖励,给他买身新衣服、买个新文具盒等。这样坚持一段时间,我发现孩子的细心点越来越多了,而粗心的毛病也明显地减少了。
妈妈要特别注意这一点,当孩子出现粗心的毛病时,千万不要给孩子贴上负面标签。“你真是屡教不改”、“你就是一个‘小马虎虫’,我看你这粗心的毛病是真改不了了”,当家长说出这样的话时,孩子自己也会丧失信心。
人往往是有求证心理的,孩子更是如此。如果我们努力去寻找孩子的细心点,并不失时机地肯定他、鼓励他,孩子便会感觉自己真的很细心。当孩子的细心点越来越多时,细心便成为了孩子的一种习惯。
方法四:培养孩子整齐有序的生活习惯
孩子粗心的毛病不是一天养成的。如果孩子从小就生活在一个无序的家庭中,没有一定的作息时间、没有一个好的生活习惯,那么孩子做事丢三落四、马马虎虎就会成为“家长便饭”。
所以妈妈要引导孩子养成整齐有序的生活习惯。生活上,让孩子养成保管自己物品的好习惯,不仅仅是学习用品,衣服、鞋子等也要放到自己的柜子里,自己保管。学习上,要培养孩子养成当天的作业当天完成、做完作业要检查、课前要预习、课后要复习等好习惯。
生活、学习都整齐有序地进行,粗心大意、马马虎虎当然也就是少有的现象了。
哪些孩子容易粗心呢?从我的观察和训练来看,有以下几种孩子容易出现粗心:
(一)急性子的孩子。
孩子如果性格很急,做事速度很快,这是件好事,但常有错误出现,很多人一看到事情安排,就不假思索的就一骨碌做完,到最后却做错了,急性子的孩子比较有个性,脾气也较大,所以难以沉稳下来学习和思考,这需要家长慢慢引导,让孩子参加速度慢些的要求安静的运动。
(二)心理素质不好的孩子。
也就是容易紧张的孩子,遇到事情就紧张或者慌张,到了考试就很容易出错,这类孩子平常很少出错,一到考试就很紧张,特别大考的时候,就更容易粗心,做事情不能冷静下来,做事没有条理性的,自信心不强,等等。
(三)做事没条理的孩子。
这种孩子比较多,大多表现做事情没有条理,乱摆乱放,马虎潦草,做事没计划,想怎么做就怎么做,到头来就乱做,所以就出现错误,这种孩子的粗心就来源生活的习惯,或者与父母的包办教育也有关,很多父母把孩子的事情都安排好了,孩子不愿意做,不想去做计划,结果错误无法避免。
(四)注意力不集中的孩子。
这类孩子好动,爱走神,对周围的事情很敏感,学习效率极低,需要家长来训练孩子的注意力,注意力与孩子从小的动作协调能力发育有关,比如孩子从小不喜欢爬行,或者爬得晚,这样的孩子在以后注意力往往不集中。
(五)视觉能力不强。
视觉能力主要是孩子的视觉分辨能力,这个分辨能力不强,就会造成看错写错数字混淆等错误,很多家长觉得孩子粗心,就是不认真,如果孩子经常粗心,那就是视觉能力的问题了,需要训练来提高视觉能力,如果较少粗心,那是态度问题,否则就是视觉能力问题。
其五,不要暗示孩子粗心的问题 低年级孩子,知识结构尚未形成,思维定势也不明显,作业出错的偶然性和随意性很大。父母看到很容易的题目都做错了,就简单归结为粗心、不用功,甚至小题大做批评一通。
我特别反对父母过多批评指责孩子作业粗心,特别是低年级儿童,因为他们需要依赖父母的“眼睛”看自己。家长渲染错误的严重性,主观上想引起孩子注意,克服粗心大意,而客观上不仅不能解决粗心问题,还严重地强化了孩子内疚、惊慌、恐惧,进而形成自我否定的消极心态。
作业做错了,就事论事、有错改错,是孩子最直接的心理反应和最强烈的学习动机。心理科学研究和教育实践都表明,及时纠正错误效果最好。粗心是低年级孩子的通病,父母不必太计较,只要教给孩子自我反思和改正错误的方法,就是根本。因为,孩子改正错误的过程也是探索成功的过程,随着他们身心发展,粗心问题是能克服的。
我特别反对父母过多批评指责孩子作业粗心,特别是低年级儿童,因为他们需要依赖父母的“眼睛”看自己。家长渲染错误的严重性,主观上想引起孩子注意,克服粗心大意,而客观上不仅不能解决粗心问题,还严重地强化了孩子内疚、惊慌、恐惧,进而形成自我否定的消极心态。
作业做错了,就事论事、有错改错,是孩子最直接的心理反应和最强烈的学习动机。心理科学研究和教育实践都表明,及时纠正错误效果最好。粗心是低年级孩子的通病,父母不必太计较,只要教给孩子自我反思和改正错误的方法,就是根本。因为,孩子改正错误的过程也是探索成功的过程,随着他们身心发展,粗心问题是能克服的。
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
How Parents Teach Children Assertiveness Skills
- Encouraging children to speak-up. Kids who speak-up for themselves and others begin to understand that assertiveness can create the change they desire. They also empower other kids to learn to speak-up for themselves.
- Encouraging children to try new things. Assertive kids are not fearful of change. They enjoy trying something new or doing something different. They don’t fear failing or embarrassing themselves because they understand mistakes are learning opportunities. Parents of assertive kids have shown them how to embrace the unknown and rise above life challenges to embrace new opportunities.
Encourage Emma to try new foods. She is usually willing to take it.
- Instructing children to protect their boundaries. Assertive kids respect boundaries. They understand the importance of knocking before entering another person’s room or asking to borrow their sister’s paints taking them. They also expect others to respect their boundaries and set up consequences when their boundaries are invaded. For example, if their little brother keeps sneaking in their room to take their favorite stuffed animal the assertive kid will refuse to play with his little brother until he respects his boundaries.
- Teaching children to say “NO”. Assertive kids understand that they have a right to say “NO”. They also respect another person’s “NO”. Parents’ role model this level of assertiveness in many different ways. One way a parent can teach a child to respect “no” is during play. Billy and Gage are playing in the living room. Molly, Billy’s mom is nearby observing their play. Molly hears Billy tell Gage to stop tickling him but Gage still continues to tickle Billy. Molly interrupts the play and teaches Gage that when someone says “no” or “stop it” he must respect their words. Kids who have parents that respect their “NO” feel what they say matters which helps them to feel safe and protected.
- Encouraging children to use “I” statements. Assertive kids don’t blame others but instead speak from their own point of view. They will say, “I felt mad when you said that to me” or “I felt hurt when you refused to play with me at recess”. They don’t use many “You” statements and take responsibility for their own actions. They do not feel a need to make excuses for things that go wrong or blame others for their bad choices. Instead they own their own decisions and then look for solutions to the problem.
- Coaching children on how to ask for help. A key component in assertiveness training is knowing when and how to ask for help or clarity. Assertive children don’t worry about looking “dumb”, “confused”, or being “misunderstood” so they ask for help when they are unsure of a situation. Assertive kids have been taught to focus on finding a solution to the problem instead of focusing on the problem.
Ask Emma if she goes to the toilet and run out of paper.
Aiden in the classroom, having trouble to open his water bottle.
- Allowing children to change their minds. Assertive children understand that they have a right to change their minds and to not feel bad about doing so. Bobby and Chris went to an amusement park for Bobby’s birthday. Bobby really wanted to ride the big wooded roller coaster. Chris and Bobby stood in line for 30 minutes but when they reached the front of the line Chris changed his mind and decided he no longer wanted to ride the coaster. When Bobby started to call him “Chicken” Chris didn’t feel bad because he knew he had a right to change his mind.
- Teaching children how to recognize potential danger. Assertive kids don’t often get bullied because they recognize the hurtful behavior and address it quickly. Assertive kids do however stand up to kids who bully others. Parents of assertive kids teach their children that all human beings have value and should be treated with kindness and respect.
How to Train a Child for a 5K Run
A 5K run is an exciting athletic challenge for a child. The distance is great enough to have to train well in order to compete but not so far as to be impossible for most kids. Parents need to be prepared to help a child who expresses interest in running this distance. Map out a plan to train your child in terms of her technique and endurance. This is an opportunity to increase the parent-child bond as you work toward a satisfying goal.
Step 1
Write down your plan of action in a notebook. Involve your child in the planning process by having him share suggestions. List daily goals such as adding a fourth of a kilometer to your training runs. Leave room to record distances and times when you practice.
Step 2
Buy good shoes for your child for his training. According to Orange County Foot and Ankle Group, you should always outfit your child in shoes specifically constructed for running to guard against injury and help aid performance. Take him to a sporting goods or athletic shoe store to have his feet measured by a knowledgeable sales person who will take into account arch height and foot width when making purchase recommendations.
Step 3
Take your child to a local track for a base run. Tell your child to jog around the track at a comfortable pace. Note the distance she is able to run without stopping and the time it took her to complete that distance. These starting measures will allow you to decide how much distance you need to add overall and what completion time your child should aim for.
Step 4
Run with your child every other day. The day off in between needs to be taken for rest and recovery. Work on strength training during off days by performing crunches, squats, pushups and pullups. Do these exercises with your child to help keep him motivated.
Step 5
Work on your child's running technique. Observe his natural running stride and encourage him to maintain it during the entire run rather than just at the beginning. Teach him to keep his head up and still while he runs so his overall posture will be natural and correct. Mark Springer in an article for Kidsrunning.com, says kids need to lean forward very slightly and must never slouch their shoulders when completing a distance run.
Step 6
Take plenty of water with your for runs. Hydration is important for energy and endurance. Encourage your child to drink frequently before and during runs -- and even more after finishing practice.
Step 7
Enlist a few of your child's friends to run with her during some practices. This allows her to measure herself against peers. It also provides entertainment and camaraderie while working on training for the 5K run.
With a little planning and preparation, you can run—comfortably—every step of the way of a 5K. The slow buildup and easy pacing of this five-week plan will allow your body to adapt to running 3.1 miles continuously, and the three-mile dress rehearsal runs will give you the confidence that you can go the distance on race day, says Paul. (If you haven't been exercising at all, first spend several weeks running and walking until you can run for 10 minutes.) As you follow this schedule, avoid running on consecutive days and keep the pace easy enough to talk. Twice a week, cross-train by swimming, cycling, walking briskly, or taking a fitness class.
Week -- Weekday 1, Weekday 2, Weekday 3
1 -- 1.5 miles, 1.5 miles, 2 miles
2 -- 2 miles, 2 miles, 2.5 miles
3 -- 2 miles, 2.5 miles, 3 miles
4 -- 2.5 miles, 2.5 miles, 3 miles
5 -- 2.5 miles, 2 miles, Race 3.1 miles!
A brief warm up and some stretches before and after each work out help reduce risk of injury.
Never bounce in a stretch or hold your breath. Hold the position for at leaset 15-30 seconds,
and warm up with a quick 5 minute walk before stretching. Here are some great ideas.
Warm-Up Silly Walks: You can combine a warm-up with these stretches.
High Knee Walk: Lift knee to hip height while foot on ground raises it’s heel, so you are
balancing on your toe. Drop knee down then switch feet. Repeat for 20-30 steps.
Lunge Walk: Step out, lunge down, bending the front knee, making sure knee does not
extend over ankle, come up and then bring legs together, step out with other leg and repeat for
20-30 steps.
Shoulder roll: Roll shoulders five times going forward, five times backwards
Neck roll: Drop chin to chest, roll neck slowly side to side.
Quad stretch: Stand straight, lift your right foot up behind you, and grab your right foot with
your right hand. Pull your heel gently toward your bottom, feeling a stretch in your quadricep
(front thigh). Hold for 30-60 seconds—this is a big muscle, give it time to stretch!
Hamstring Stretch: Stand with your legs crossed and the outsides of your feet together. Bend
over with your rear knee straight. Reach toward your feet or bring your torso toward legs. Hold
stretch for 15 to 30 seconds. Repeat with your opposite leg.
Calf Stretch: Place both hands on a wall with arms extended. Lean against wall with one leg
bent forward and the other leg extended back with knee straight and foot facing forward. Keep
the heel of your rear foot on that floor. Feel the stretch in the calf of that leg, and hold 15 to 30
seconds. Repeat with the opposite leg.
Reading note of "What your kindergartner needs to know"
1. Read to your child daily
The single most important and helpful thing you can do is to set aside 20 minutes daily to read aloud to your child.
Your child's ability to follow and enjoy a story when read aloud far surpasses her ability to read independently.
As you read, stop and talk about the story with your child to engage her in the story and check for understanding. Make inferences, predictions, and connections.
(I can read to Aiden 2~ 3 grades level up books with varities (nonfiction ect) + Chinese book. He reads to himself his own level books he brought back from school, raz-kids and some library books)
2. Talk to your child.
Provide as many opportunities as possible for children to listen to and speak adult language. And don't feel compelled to simplify your vocabulary. Longer and more complex conversations with sophisticated words are a good way to expose your child to rich language.
The list of recommended works
Books that build character
Books to build on: A grade by grade resource guide for parents and teachers
The read-aloud handbook
The new york times parents' guide to the best book for Children
The single most important and helpful thing you can do is to set aside 20 minutes daily to read aloud to your child.
Your child's ability to follow and enjoy a story when read aloud far surpasses her ability to read independently.
As you read, stop and talk about the story with your child to engage her in the story and check for understanding. Make inferences, predictions, and connections.
(I can read to Aiden 2~ 3 grades level up books with varities (nonfiction ect) + Chinese book. He reads to himself his own level books he brought back from school, raz-kids and some library books)
2. Talk to your child.
Provide as many opportunities as possible for children to listen to and speak adult language. And don't feel compelled to simplify your vocabulary. Longer and more complex conversations with sophisticated words are a good way to expose your child to rich language.
The list of recommended works
Books that build character
Books to build on: A grade by grade resource guide for parents and teachers
The read-aloud handbook
The new york times parents' guide to the best book for Children
The world's best Dad
华盛顿摄影师Dave Engledow拍摄了一组标题为"世界上最好的爸爸"幽默系列。照片把他描绘成一个心烦意乱的,不称职的父亲,缺乏基本的生活技能,让他的女儿进入各种恶作剧。 这套作品将三岁大的女儿当作一个成人来看,有种相依为命的辛酸,他用这种调侃式的视角表达了带孩子的不容易,而在欢笑的同时,父爱也自然流露了出来。
Friday, October 3, 2014
一个妈妈的帖子引起的思考
在文学城上看到一贴,引起了我的思考
这位妈妈说“ 老二女娃,在学校conduct一直没啥问题。今天在学校突然发飙了。老师电话里说是在楼道大叫,没人劝的住,被关principle office 让去领人。老公去了,和老师校长对
丫头一顿教育,还告诉她四年级对她申请想去的中学很重要,老实点儿给领回家了。
我回来好好问她为什么发飙。她告诉我:同桌没做昨天homework,早上上课在那赶,这
在以前三年级老师那儿是绝不允许的.so她告诉同桌不能这样,不听,所以她去告诉老
师了(真多事儿)。可老师告诉她"He has finished now. We can do nothing about
it"。较真儿丫头就急啦,和老师说这样不对,被老师请出教室罚站,于是发了飙。
我只好告诉她每个老师都有自己的规矩,管好自己就行,管别的同学是老师的事,在楼
道里大叫更不对。
可是我也觉得老师这样回答说 "We can do nothing about it"也不太合适。一个学校
规矩应该统一,如果三年级的规矩是对的,丫头坚持也是对的。该不该再跟老师谈谈呢?“
大部分的回帖是觉得小孩子多管闲事,要学会being flexible. 我却觉得本质问题还是主要是要学会情绪控制的问题。我的回帖是这样的:
小孩子对大人制定的规则,为什么同样情况下,有的小孩受到惩罚,有的没有,感到很困惑和不公平,她能够说出自己内心的想法,勇敢地提出来,我觉得是一个值得赞扬的地方(在这里,她说出来并没有错,只是需要一些技巧的问题)。我的老大(三年级)也是对老师父母有没有做到一碗水端平这件事上比较敏感,但是她碰到这种情况,对老师,她不敢抗议,只会默默地忍受,也许回来哭一下,但心理上就会跟老师产生隔阂,对妈妈,她就经常no fair挂在嘴上,有时会偷偷欺负一下弟弟来达到心理平衡。如果她敢对老师说出自己的想法,即使是怯怯地说,我都会要狠狠表扬一下她的。
现在要跟孩子说的是,在遭到拒绝或者是事情没有往自己希望的方向发展的时候,应该怎么处理。如果能做到控制不满情绪,采取事后跟老师沟通来解开自己的疑惑的方式,那还真是会让老师刮目相看呢。“
这位妈妈说“ 老二女娃,在学校conduct一直没啥问题。今天在学校突然发飙了。老师电话里说是在楼道大叫,没人劝的住,被关principle office 让去领人。老公去了,和老师校长对
丫头一顿教育,还告诉她四年级对她申请想去的中学很重要,老实点儿给领回家了。
我回来好好问她为什么发飙。她告诉我:同桌没做昨天homework,早上上课在那赶,这
在以前三年级老师那儿是绝不允许的.so她告诉同桌不能这样,不听,所以她去告诉老
师了(真多事儿)。可老师告诉她"He has finished now. We can do nothing about
it"。较真儿丫头就急啦,和老师说这样不对,被老师请出教室罚站,于是发了飙。
我只好告诉她每个老师都有自己的规矩,管好自己就行,管别的同学是老师的事,在楼
道里大叫更不对。
可是我也觉得老师这样回答说 "We can do nothing about it"也不太合适。一个学校
规矩应该统一,如果三年级的规矩是对的,丫头坚持也是对的。该不该再跟老师谈谈呢?“
大部分的回帖是觉得小孩子多管闲事,要学会being flexible. 我却觉得本质问题还是主要是要学会情绪控制的问题。我的回帖是这样的:
我很能理解你的小孩。觉得这件事的教育重点并不是该不该管闲事,而是情绪控制的问题,因为孩子受到惩罚不是因为她跟老师指出她觉得不公平的地方,而是由于她lost emotion control,影响到了课堂的秩序。
小孩子对大人制定的规则,为什么同样情况下,有的小孩受到惩罚,有的没有,感到很困惑和不公平,她能够说出自己内心的想法,勇敢地提出来,我觉得是一个值得赞扬的地方(在这里,她说出来并没有错,只是需要一些技巧的问题)。我的老大(三年级)也是对老师父母有没有做到一碗水端平这件事上比较敏感,但是她碰到这种情况,对老师,她不敢抗议,只会默默地忍受,也许回来哭一下,但心理上就会跟老师产生隔阂,对妈妈,她就经常no fair挂在嘴上,有时会偷偷欺负一下弟弟来达到心理平衡。如果她敢对老师说出自己的想法,即使是怯怯地说,我都会要狠狠表扬一下她的。
现在要跟孩子说的是,在遭到拒绝或者是事情没有往自己希望的方向发展的时候,应该怎么处理。如果能做到控制不满情绪,采取事后跟老师沟通来解开自己的疑惑的方式,那还真是会让老师刮目相看呢。“
你们看呢?
Thursday, October 2, 2014
3rd grader Reading list 书评: Like Pickle Juice on a cookie by Julie Sternberg
这本书是看了图书馆三年级的书单后借给今年上3年级的女儿看的。文字很简单。女儿在我们等弟弟踢足球的空档就看完了。
第二天我准备把书还了,就顺手翻了翻,结果一气看完了。看得我又哭又笑,写得真好啊。书用很简单的语言,以一个7,8岁小女孩的口述说了一个故事。故事讲女孩子在二年级末的暑假里遭遇了一件很devastating的事,陪伴她多年和她感情深厚的的保姆因家中有事要回老家了。女孩非常非常地想念保姆,很多平常好玩的事也再提不起兴趣了。最后,在家人和新来的保姆陪伴下,女孩渐渐地走出低落的情绪,快乐地迎接新的学年。
一个好的作家,就是能用这么平平常常的语言就能把你的心搅的七荤八素的,让你和她的主人公同欢笑同哭泣。这也是我特别欣赏的文字风格,不矫情,不做作,很真实地感人。
书是这样开头的:
I had a bad August.
A very bad August.
As bad as pickle juice on a cookie.
As bad as a spiderweb on your leg.
As bad as the black parts of a banana.
I hope your August was better.
I really do.
剩下的自己读吧。希望你们也喜欢!
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Reading " The everything parent's guide to emotional intelligence in Children"
Ch7. Independence
Emma, 8 years old Independence goal:
1. Be able to take a bath herself.
2. Be able to comb her hair with simple pig tail
3. Be able to fix her own breakfast at weekend
4. Be able to fix her school homework without me asking.
Aiden, 5 years old Independence goal
1. Be able to wear his own clothes in the morning
Ch8. Assertiveness (opposite of passiveness)
Standing up for own
Once in a fall festival, Emma was in a long line waiting for balloonist to make animal balloons. After long waiting (at least 15mins), when it's almost her turn, a boy suddenly cut in front of her. I spotted from far away and I wondered what Emma was going to react. To my disappointment, she didn't do anything even though I was pretty sure she waited so long and she was hunger for the balloon, but she didn't have courage to stand up for herself to stop the boys.
Later, I used this as an example to teacher her the assertiveness.
No statements about personal wants or needs.
Standing up for other people
Emma went to Brook's birthday party at Sew Fun. The teacher there demonstrated how to use the sewing machine. All the kids clustered up around the teacher and Emma couldn't get close and just watching kid one by one to get their turn to try out the sewing machine and she was forgotten. Another example that she was not assertive to raise the attention so she could have her turn. Then, I still remembered that moment after a year, another girl in her class, Bianca, stood up for her, she raised her voice and said: Emma didn't get her turn yet. And that's the quality I want to develop in my own child.
Be able to say "no" to someone who is trying to take advantage of her.
Feel comfortable stating an opinion different than others.
Emma doesn't answer questions when she is not sure of her answer. She is afraid to be wrong.
Ch9. Interpersonal relationships
A list of skills you can help children learn that will increase their effectiveness with others.
How to start a conversation with someone he doesn't know.
How and when to move a conversation from a surface level to a more meaningful level.
How to compromise.
How to resolve conflict.
How to give and take.
How to build trust.
How to make an emotional bid
Ask her to make some friends in Taekwondo class.
Help invite her play date once a month. April: Meaghan. May: Maguax or Mellissa
Overcome shyness
CH10. Empathy
Ch 14. Empathy: willingness to listen and to understand the other person's perspective.
1. First requires someone to be able to take the other person's perspective. The basis of empathy is a cognitive skill.
2. Being able to understand the other's perspective well enough to allow it to affect your actions, opnions, beliefs, or feelings.
Without the ability to empathize, your child will end up very self-centered, considering issues only from her perspective.
Elementary years are the golden years to teach the child to be empathic.
1. First, pay attention to your environment as you and your child move through the day. It will force him to consider life from another person's point of view.
When taking her to make Sandwich, ask her what's the feeling to be hungry.
When sending the winter coat/books to the children in other elementary school, asked her what will you feel when you are so cold and no winter clothes.
2. A second opportunity for empathy comes with the experiences of friends.
3. A third opportunity for empathy development comes when your child is directly involved in a situation that requires her to be empathic.
Ch 15. Flexibility: wiliness and open to adapt the change.
Ask Emma to sleep in her own bed after 8 years old birthday. It's a big change to her life.
1. First night she sob and begged me to go back to Daddy's bed. Tell her the good things about sleeping alone: won't have to be disturbed by Daddy's TV, light, noises etc)
2. 2nd night she seems ok, she read 10 mins of Harry Potter book then fall asleep.
3. Praise her
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Reading notes of Book " 7 Keys to Comprehension: How to help your kids read it and get it!"
by Susan Zimmermann and Chryse Hutchins
7 Keys:
1. Create mental images: Good readers create a wide range of visual, auditory, and other sensory images as they read, and they become emotionally involved with what they read.
"When I start reading, it's like turning on the TV. I pretend to put a movie on in my head."
"It's like you are in the book, but you're invisible and you're watching everything but the characters don't notice you.
2. Use background knowledge: Good readers use their relevant prior knowledge before, during and after reading to enhance their understanding of what they are reading.
Text to Self: what you read reminds you of something from your own life.
Text to text: what you read reminds you of something else you have read or seen on tv or at the movies.
Text to world: What you read reminds you of something in the broader world.
3. Ask questions: Good readers generate questions before, during and after reading to clarify meaning, make predictions, and focus their attention on what's important.
4. Make Inferences: Good readers use their prior knowledge and information from what they read to make predictions, seek answers to questions, draw conclusions, and create interpretations that deepen their understanding of the text.
Reading between the lines.
Make predictions. From the cover of the book, ask your child to predict the story.
Figure out the unknown words by using clues, visual evidence, and their understanding of the story and by thinking about what would make sense. The clues to figuring out the mystery word are often in the picture and preceding sentences.
Playing the word games helps to develop the inferring skill. Asking 20 questions to figure out what word it is.
Figure out the big message.
An inference is when you take the important words and turn them into thoughts. They get trapped in your head, making you stop and think about ideas the author hasn´t quite told you.
5. Determine the most important ideas or themes: Good readers identify key ideas or themes as they read, and they can distinguish between important and unimportant information.
6. Synthesize information: Good readers track their thinking as it evolves during reading, to get the overall meaning.
7. Use "fix-up" strategies: Good readers are aware of when they understand and when they don't. If they have trouble understanding specific words, phrases, or longer passages, they use a wide range of problem-solving strategies including skipping ahead, rereading, asking questions, using a dictionary, and reading the passage aloud.
7 Keys:
1. Create mental images: Good readers create a wide range of visual, auditory, and other sensory images as they read, and they become emotionally involved with what they read.
"When I start reading, it's like turning on the TV. I pretend to put a movie on in my head."
"It's like you are in the book, but you're invisible and you're watching everything but the characters don't notice you.
2. Use background knowledge: Good readers use their relevant prior knowledge before, during and after reading to enhance their understanding of what they are reading.
Text to Self: what you read reminds you of something from your own life.
Text to text: what you read reminds you of something else you have read or seen on tv or at the movies.
Text to world: What you read reminds you of something in the broader world.
3. Ask questions: Good readers generate questions before, during and after reading to clarify meaning, make predictions, and focus their attention on what's important.
4. Make Inferences: Good readers use their prior knowledge and information from what they read to make predictions, seek answers to questions, draw conclusions, and create interpretations that deepen their understanding of the text.
Reading between the lines.
Make predictions. From the cover of the book, ask your child to predict the story.
Figure out the unknown words by using clues, visual evidence, and their understanding of the story and by thinking about what would make sense. The clues to figuring out the mystery word are often in the picture and preceding sentences.
Playing the word games helps to develop the inferring skill. Asking 20 questions to figure out what word it is.
Figure out the big message.
An inference is when you take the important words and turn them into thoughts. They get trapped in your head, making you stop and think about ideas the author hasn´t quite told you.
5. Determine the most important ideas or themes: Good readers identify key ideas or themes as they read, and they can distinguish between important and unimportant information.
6. Synthesize information: Good readers track their thinking as it evolves during reading, to get the overall meaning.
7. Use "fix-up" strategies: Good readers are aware of when they understand and when they don't. If they have trouble understanding specific words, phrases, or longer passages, they use a wide range of problem-solving strategies including skipping ahead, rereading, asking questions, using a dictionary, and reading the passage aloud.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Progressive Abstraction
Saw these arts on the bulletin board of Providence Day school (a local private school). I found it interesting and I did learn something from it. I Took some pictures to share with everyone.
Students developed a composition to show progressive abstraction of a subject. They fist selected either an organic or inorganic object to draw. Starting with the top left box, they drew a representational, overall view of the object as accurately as possible. With each the successive session, they made the object more abstract, eliminating the details and emphasizing the forms. The last frame is abstracted to a point that the original object is no longer recognizable.
Students developed a composition to show progressive abstraction of a subject. They fist selected either an organic or inorganic object to draw. Starting with the top left box, they drew a representational, overall view of the object as accurately as possible. With each the successive session, they made the object more abstract, eliminating the details and emphasizing the forms. The last frame is abstracted to a point that the original object is no longer recognizable.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
学习笔记:优秀是训练出来的
(4)训练孩子要有一致性,一定要持续下去,不能训练两三天就没了。如果他发现有时候可以,有时候不可以,他一定会去碰运气的。(人的赌徒效应)
要很坚持,但不能发脾气。一旦你发脾气,你就输了。
绝对不要买顺服。 不要贿赂孩子。要让孩子停止做不该做的事情,最好的办法是数一二三,如果孩子不服从的话,马上带孩子离开现场。
绝对不要惹儿女生气。
*大吼大叫会惹儿女的气。
*让小孩子很难堪,没面子,把孩子的缺点讲给别人听。
*对儿女没有耐心。
*说话的态度很粗暴,凶恶,责骂孩子。
*订太多的规矩。
*假装自己是圣人,十全十美。
*对小事情反应过度。
*过分保护,以至于他们失去自由。
*对孩子有不合理的要求。
*常常唠叨。
*不信任孩子。
*说话前后矛盾。
*没有弹性,完全不体谅一些特殊情况。
*总是负面地评价,从来没有看到孩子好的一面。
*不懂得尊重他,让他学会自己做决定。
*有条件的爱。孩子学习好,听话就爱,反之就不爱。
*常常忽视孩子,不听他们说话。
*不真心关心孩子的需要。
*偏心。
*不细心注意到儿女情绪的反应。
*不讲信用。
*不尊重孩子的隐私权。
*没查清真相就责怪他。
*做父母争吵。
*孩子做错事情,不原谅他,还常常要提起来。
<5> 训练孩子知道什么是好的,什么是对的,然后根据这个原则做出选择。不要强迫他在没有选择的情况下去做一件事情。当孩子做出选择的时候,不可以再有讨价还价的余地。一个最成功的父母是让孩子做选择,而孩子做出的选择刚好是父母最喜欢的选择。
<6> 如果我们需要孩子们做什么的话,最好的是鼓励,而不是恐吓。奖励有内在的奖励:表扬 和外在的奖励。 奖励的原则:尽量用话语表扬。 其次是带他去参加一些活动。最后才是买东西奖励。尽可能不要用给钱的方式来奖励。给孩子发奖状,贴在她的房间里,这样对她有个提醒作用。
<7> 给孩子物质的东西越少越好。学会过一种俭朴的生活。告诉孩子: Life is not fair.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Thursday, November 7, 2013
我想成为坐在路边鼓掌的人
我那上国中的女儿,她同学都管叫她23号。
她的班上总共有50个人,而每次考试,女儿都排名23。
久而久之,便有了这个雅号,她也就成了名副其实的中等生。
我们觉得这外号刺耳,女儿却欣然接受。
老公发愁地说,一碰到公司活动,或者老同学聚会,
别人都对自家的'小超人'赞不绝口,他却只能扮深沉。
人家的孩子,不仅成绩出类拔萃,而且特长多多。
唯有我们家的23号女生,没有一样值得炫耀的地方。
因此,他一看到娱乐节目那些才艺非凡的孩子,就羡慕得两眼放光。
后来,看到一则九岁孩子上大学的报导,他很受伤地问女儿:
『孩子,妳怎么就不是个神童呢?』
女儿说:
『因为我爸爸不是神父啊!』
老公无言以对,我不禁笑出声来。
中秋节,亲友相聚,坐满了一个宽大的包厢。
众人的话题,也渐渐转向各家的小儿女。
趁着酒兴,要孩子们说说将来要做什么?
钢琴家,明星,政界要人,孩子们毫不怯场,
连那个四岁半的女孩,也会说将来要做电视的主持人,赢得一阵赞叹!
15岁的女儿,正为身边的小弟弟小妹妹剔蟹剥虾,盛汤揩嘴,忙得不亦乐乎。
大家忽然想起,只剩她没说了。在众人的催促下,她认真地回答: 『长大了,我的第一志
愿是,当幼儿园老师,领着孩子们唱歌跳舞,做游戏。』
众人礼貌地表示赞许,
紧接着追问她的第二志愿。她大大方方地说:
『我想做妈妈,穿着印叮当猫的围裙,在厨房做晚餐,
然后给我的孩子讲故事,领着他在阳台上看星星。』
亲友愕然,面面相觑,不知道该说些什么。
老公的神情,极为尴尬。
回家后,他叹着气说:
『你还真打算让女儿将来当个幼儿园老师?我们难道真的眼睁睁地看着她当中等生?』
其实,我们也动过很多脑筋。为提高她的学习成绩,
请家教,报辅导班,买各种各样的资料。
孩子也蛮懂事,漫画书不看了,剪纸班退出了,周末的懒觉放弃了。
像一只疲惫的小鸟,她从一个班赶到另一个班,卷子,练习册,一沓沓地做。
但到底是个孩子,身体先扛不住了,得了重感冒。
吊着点滴,在病床上,她还坚持写作业,最后引发了肺炎。
病好后,孩子的脸小了一圈。
可期末考试的成绩,仍然是让我们哭笑不得的23名。
后来,我们也曾试过增加营养、物质激励等等,
几次三番地折腾下来,女儿的小脸越来越苍白。
而且,一说要考试,她就开始厌食,失眠,冒虚汗,
再接着,考出了令我们瞠目结舌的33名。
我和老公,悄无声息地放弃了轰轰烈烈的揠苗助长活动。
恢复了她正常的作息时间,还给她画漫画的权利,
允许她继续订《儿童幽默》之类的书报,家中安稳了很久。
我们对女儿,是心疼的,可面对她的成绩,又有说不出的困惑。
周末,一群同事结伴郊游。大家各自做了最拿手的菜,带着老公和孩子去野餐。
一路上笑语盈盈,这家孩子唱歌,那家孩子表演小品。
女儿没什么看家本领,只是开心地不停鼓掌。
她不时跑到后面,照看着那些食物。
把倾斜的饭盒摆好,松了的瓶盖拧紧,流出的菜汁擦净。
忙忙碌碌,像个细心的小管家。
野餐的时候,发生了一件意外的事。
两个小男孩,一个数理天才,一个英语高手,
两人同时夹住盘子上的一块糯米饼,谁也不肯放手,更不愿平分。
丰盛的美食,源源不断地摆上来,他们看都不看。
大人们又笑又叹,连劝带哄,可怎么都不管用。
最后,还是女儿,用掷硬币的方法,轻松地打破了这个僵局。
回来的路上,堵车,一些孩子焦躁起来。
女儿的笑话一个接一个,全车人都被逗乐了。
她手底下也没闲着,用装食品的彩色纸盒,
剪出许多小动物,引得这群孩子赞叹不已。
直到下车,每个人都拿到了自己的生肖剪纸。
听到孩子们连连道谢,老公禁不住露出了自豪的微笑。
期中考试后,我接到了女儿班主任的电话。
首先得知,女儿的成绩,仍是中等。
不过,他说:
『有一件奇怪的事想告诉我,他从教三十年了,第一次遇见这种事。
语文试卷上有一道附加题:你最欣赏班上的哪位同学,请说出理由。
除女儿之外,全班同学,竟然都写上了女儿的名字。
理由很多:热心助人,守信用,不爱生气,好相处等等,写得最多的是,乐观幽默。』
班主任还说:『很多同学建议,由她来担任班长。』
他感叹道:『你这个女儿,虽说成绩普通,可是做人,实在很优秀!』
我开玩笑地对女儿说:『妳快要成为英雄了。』
正在织围巾的女儿,歪着头想了想,认真地告诉我说:
『老师曾讲过一句格言:当英雄路过的时候,总要有人坐在路边鼓掌....。』
她轻轻地说:『妈妈,我不想成为英雄,我想成为坐在路边鼓掌的人。』
我猛地一震,默默地打量着她。
她安静地织着绒线,淡粉的线,在竹针上缠缠绕绕,
仿佛一寸一寸的光阴,在她手上,吐出星星点点的花蕾。
我心上,竟是蓦地一暖。
那一刻,我忽然被这个不想成为英雄的女孩打动了。
这世间,有多少人,年少时渴望成为英雄,最终却成了烟火红尘中的平凡人。
如果健康,如果快乐,如果,没有违背自己的心意,
我们的孩子,又何妨做一个善良的普通人。
长大成人后,她一定会成为:贤淑的妻子,温柔的母亲,甚至,热心的同事,和善的邻居
。
何况她是班上50名之中的23名,我们还不庆幸,还不满足?
还想要更高人一等,更出人头地!那后面还有27名半数以上的孩子呢﹖如果我是她们的父母
,我要如何自处呢﹖
在那些漫长的岁月,她都能安然地过着自己想要的生活;
她又没学坏,我作为身教言教的父母,
能教养孩子长大成人,并成为社会上有用的人,就可告慰先祖,
还想为孩子祈求怎样更美好的未来?
就算她将来能当上司法官,能考上建筑师,若她心术不正,口是心非,那又有何用?
另:想起爸爸对我说过的话。“我不希望你成才,我只希望你能够成人。”我一直记在心里。
她的班上总共有50个人,而每次考试,女儿都排名23。
久而久之,便有了这个雅号,她也就成了名副其实的中等生。
我们觉得这外号刺耳,女儿却欣然接受。
老公发愁地说,一碰到公司活动,或者老同学聚会,
别人都对自家的'小超人'赞不绝口,他却只能扮深沉。
人家的孩子,不仅成绩出类拔萃,而且特长多多。
唯有我们家的23号女生,没有一样值得炫耀的地方。
因此,他一看到娱乐节目那些才艺非凡的孩子,就羡慕得两眼放光。
后来,看到一则九岁孩子上大学的报导,他很受伤地问女儿:
『孩子,妳怎么就不是个神童呢?』
女儿说:
『因为我爸爸不是神父啊!』
老公无言以对,我不禁笑出声来。
中秋节,亲友相聚,坐满了一个宽大的包厢。
众人的话题,也渐渐转向各家的小儿女。
趁着酒兴,要孩子们说说将来要做什么?
钢琴家,明星,政界要人,孩子们毫不怯场,
连那个四岁半的女孩,也会说将来要做电视的主持人,赢得一阵赞叹!
15岁的女儿,正为身边的小弟弟小妹妹剔蟹剥虾,盛汤揩嘴,忙得不亦乐乎。
大家忽然想起,只剩她没说了。在众人的催促下,她认真地回答: 『长大了,我的第一志
愿是,当幼儿园老师,领着孩子们唱歌跳舞,做游戏。』
众人礼貌地表示赞许,
紧接着追问她的第二志愿。她大大方方地说:
『我想做妈妈,穿着印叮当猫的围裙,在厨房做晚餐,
然后给我的孩子讲故事,领着他在阳台上看星星。』
亲友愕然,面面相觑,不知道该说些什么。
老公的神情,极为尴尬。
回家后,他叹着气说:
『你还真打算让女儿将来当个幼儿园老师?我们难道真的眼睁睁地看着她当中等生?』
其实,我们也动过很多脑筋。为提高她的学习成绩,
请家教,报辅导班,买各种各样的资料。
孩子也蛮懂事,漫画书不看了,剪纸班退出了,周末的懒觉放弃了。
像一只疲惫的小鸟,她从一个班赶到另一个班,卷子,练习册,一沓沓地做。
但到底是个孩子,身体先扛不住了,得了重感冒。
吊着点滴,在病床上,她还坚持写作业,最后引发了肺炎。
病好后,孩子的脸小了一圈。
可期末考试的成绩,仍然是让我们哭笑不得的23名。
后来,我们也曾试过增加营养、物质激励等等,
几次三番地折腾下来,女儿的小脸越来越苍白。
而且,一说要考试,她就开始厌食,失眠,冒虚汗,
再接着,考出了令我们瞠目结舌的33名。
我和老公,悄无声息地放弃了轰轰烈烈的揠苗助长活动。
恢复了她正常的作息时间,还给她画漫画的权利,
允许她继续订《儿童幽默》之类的书报,家中安稳了很久。
我们对女儿,是心疼的,可面对她的成绩,又有说不出的困惑。
周末,一群同事结伴郊游。大家各自做了最拿手的菜,带着老公和孩子去野餐。
一路上笑语盈盈,这家孩子唱歌,那家孩子表演小品。
女儿没什么看家本领,只是开心地不停鼓掌。
她不时跑到后面,照看着那些食物。
把倾斜的饭盒摆好,松了的瓶盖拧紧,流出的菜汁擦净。
忙忙碌碌,像个细心的小管家。
野餐的时候,发生了一件意外的事。
两个小男孩,一个数理天才,一个英语高手,
两人同时夹住盘子上的一块糯米饼,谁也不肯放手,更不愿平分。
丰盛的美食,源源不断地摆上来,他们看都不看。
大人们又笑又叹,连劝带哄,可怎么都不管用。
最后,还是女儿,用掷硬币的方法,轻松地打破了这个僵局。
回来的路上,堵车,一些孩子焦躁起来。
女儿的笑话一个接一个,全车人都被逗乐了。
她手底下也没闲着,用装食品的彩色纸盒,
剪出许多小动物,引得这群孩子赞叹不已。
直到下车,每个人都拿到了自己的生肖剪纸。
听到孩子们连连道谢,老公禁不住露出了自豪的微笑。
期中考试后,我接到了女儿班主任的电话。
首先得知,女儿的成绩,仍是中等。
不过,他说:
『有一件奇怪的事想告诉我,他从教三十年了,第一次遇见这种事。
语文试卷上有一道附加题:你最欣赏班上的哪位同学,请说出理由。
除女儿之外,全班同学,竟然都写上了女儿的名字。
理由很多:热心助人,守信用,不爱生气,好相处等等,写得最多的是,乐观幽默。』
班主任还说:『很多同学建议,由她来担任班长。』
他感叹道:『你这个女儿,虽说成绩普通,可是做人,实在很优秀!』
我开玩笑地对女儿说:『妳快要成为英雄了。』
正在织围巾的女儿,歪着头想了想,认真地告诉我说:
『老师曾讲过一句格言:当英雄路过的时候,总要有人坐在路边鼓掌....。』
她轻轻地说:『妈妈,我不想成为英雄,我想成为坐在路边鼓掌的人。』
我猛地一震,默默地打量着她。
她安静地织着绒线,淡粉的线,在竹针上缠缠绕绕,
仿佛一寸一寸的光阴,在她手上,吐出星星点点的花蕾。
我心上,竟是蓦地一暖。
那一刻,我忽然被这个不想成为英雄的女孩打动了。
这世间,有多少人,年少时渴望成为英雄,最终却成了烟火红尘中的平凡人。
如果健康,如果快乐,如果,没有违背自己的心意,
我们的孩子,又何妨做一个善良的普通人。
长大成人后,她一定会成为:贤淑的妻子,温柔的母亲,甚至,热心的同事,和善的邻居
。
何况她是班上50名之中的23名,我们还不庆幸,还不满足?
还想要更高人一等,更出人头地!那后面还有27名半数以上的孩子呢﹖如果我是她们的父母
,我要如何自处呢﹖
在那些漫长的岁月,她都能安然地过着自己想要的生活;
她又没学坏,我作为身教言教的父母,
能教养孩子长大成人,并成为社会上有用的人,就可告慰先祖,
还想为孩子祈求怎样更美好的未来?
就算她将来能当上司法官,能考上建筑师,若她心术不正,口是心非,那又有何用?
另:想起爸爸对我说过的话。“我不希望你成才,我只希望你能够成人。”我一直记在心里。
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