"Maestra, facciamo che oggi è domenica?" mi chiedeva Tommaso, cinque anni e mezzo, martedì pomeriggio mentre, evidentemente stanco, non riusciva a terminare il compito assegnatogli. "Maestra, no, I do not want to finish the job! "he exclaimed with conviction Valeria, six years, on Thursday morning. And I said," But Valeria, it would be a shame not to finish it, you're almost at the end, you're a good girl and intelligent and, above all, full of energy . They hire someone for homework? "She said," No, teacher, I've already said no and then the energy I need to play at home !!!". It 's true, children can be witty and ironic already small, they know how to get around or how to convince you that what they say is the right thing. too often fail to make proper observations, so that undermine your certainties of adult sailed ... today I will talk about children, because they are the category society with which I am better, although rare, and I hope normal periods of fatigue and impatience. I read some time ago, a very interesting book, written by an American named pediatrician Mel Levine, who founded a 'institution, the "All Kinds of Minds," which establish procedures and programs to help parents, teachers, doctors and children themselves to confront diversity and barriers related to learning: "Come home directly from the maternity ward clutching a baby is like taking over not knowing how to fly a jet. Unfortunately, if the child has no instructors or toll-free numbers to call to know what to do ....." and continues ..... "Children need to live in a family can love and support the growth of their individual mind even when it learned that parents do not understand. Get to know a mind is like looking up a peach flower become a fruit succulent. But it is possible to observe a brain bloom? Actually the signs are there to be seized and they are many. There is the manner in which the child accepts the challenge with reading, making efforts to translate thoughts into words written, the relationship you have with others, how they manage their time and attention controls. Armed with the necessary knowledge and availability of much mental, fathers and mothers can and should become aware observers " . And again: "Family and school must unite. Neither can educate a child or a child without the cooperation of the other. The family should have a clear idea of \u200b\u200bthe school's expectations, in order to help students meet them if they are sensible. When schools and families communicate, the results do not wait ". [to be in their own way of Mel Levine Mondadori Ed].
I stop, but I could continue this interesting text because it addresses issues that affect us closely, every single day. Affect mothers and fathers living together, single parents, extended families ..... They are a challenge, and must touch all those who conscientiously have given birth to a son and that, therefore, should take care to better, leaving no stone unturned.
How many of us are willing to do that? I, for one, I often wonder about the quality of time I spend with my children, I first I feel guilty when, instead of playing with them, I dedicate myself to something else. I worry when I realize that I experience moments of "closure" for them, moments of fatigue, during which my patience goes to get a ride ....
And going back to the irony of our little, well read this recent article in La Repubblica yesterday an interesting insight into the world of childhood. Why not learn more from our little pests?!?! :)
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