Friday, September 25, 2009

Teach and Learn

Having studied psychology i thought i knew everything about children and how to modify their behaviour...
But now i realize i need to learn a lot while am trying to handle my own child...
I always try to teach in my own way because teaching in the right way from the beginning would be better than changing it later (that's what i had studied)...
But meanwhile, i realized i can't make her do so always...
Sometimes i need to go her way and try learning her way of doing things so that she will slowly follow me...
Now i know i shouldn't push her too hard while dealing with her...

Everyday i crib that she doesn't eat properly...
But a sudden insight creeped my mind-"when we like variety in our food why can't she have it"...
Of course eating the same food types everyday bored her...
So now, i change her menu everyday...

While i worked at the special school i held the parents responsible for all their children's misbehaviour...
But now i know how easy it is to overlook your child's misbehaviour and consider it as right as you love you child so much...
How easily children find out these things from their parents and blackmail them...
In the course of time it's difficult to judge who is teaching whom- whether you are teaching your child or the child teaching you...