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After go through this article,you will be surprised (and feel sorry) on how our kids grown up. No wonder they
lack of the ability to manage themselves, do not know what happening in their
surrounding (or I should say unconcerned) and afraid to go to school (or
nursery). They spend too much time learning from books which they do not know why they need to and maybe at the moment do not see the
chance to apply it. They do not know how to 'think' and plan for themselves.
Everything in their life is arranged, provided and some to an extend of spoon-feed.
I can't stop nodding my head when I read through this article. It's
kinda telling us the reason why our younger generation behave this way.
Our kids may start their schooling life in the different track as kids
from other Western country, however, we still can't put the blame solely
on our education system. Apart from going to school, they spend at
least 14 hours a day at home.
My student's mom was so shocked (I'd use the word shock as she
opened her eyes & mouth big) when she found out that I ONLY guided and supervised my son in
arranging his school bag according to the timetable during the first few weeks of his standard 1, helping him on his homework only upon his request, let him washing his school shoes and even brushing his own uniform.
In these 3 years time, he get punished (and complains) due to incomplete homework, he had to rushed things last minutes (due to lack of the sense of responsibility and procrastinate) and he even used to not bringing sufficient art material to his art class (as always remind me very last minute)
At the age of 9, he is already the family "dish washer" and my 6-year old is mopping the floor once a week. They changed their pillow case, bed sheet and helping on laundry. Keeping their own closet clean and tidy. All these are not really emphasized by many parents as they think the kids are too young to do that. Parents will find it very hard to get them to manage their own once they grown up. And, filial parents have to continue doing these chores for them. Kids will become dependent, lack of the sense of responsibility and most of them do not know how to appreciate.
We can't change the education system but we can change our way in bringing up our kids. Let them do things by themselves, let them manage their own homework and share out the house work.
Below is the link for the chores chart for your reference. You will notice the training starts from as low as 2 years old.
http://thehappyhousewife.com/home-management/age-appropriate-chores-for-kids-printable/
