tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post995225559955686770..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: "Our Children Are Not Our Masterpieces"Teacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-24535954435456840432013-02-03T17:46:42.757-08:002013-02-03T17:46:42.757-08:00My children will definitely know how to be happy a...My children will definitely know how to be happy as adults. There's no immediate scooping here (only if there's gushing blood).<br /><br />From the educator stand-point though, we are very much seeing the "college" problem you talked about in preschool. We have a more that normal amount of parents who are having separation anxiety instead of the children. If they are like this at 3-4 what does college hold?<br />Carriehttp://www.examiner.com/preschools-1-in-lansing/carrie-chance?no_cache=1359942380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-9022040994042481962013-02-02T02:06:58.217-08:002013-02-02T02:06:58.217-08:00Wow. That's a really interesting read, and a b...Wow. That's a really interesting read, and a bit of an eye-opener... I have often felt I'm not as great as my parents seem to believe. Strange feeling! But this article really rings a bell with me.<br />I'm afraid that - while I am not someone who'll say "good job" - I am doing some of the things mentioned in this article (and the same my parents did). Trying to make your child happy and confident may backfire... I'm so happy I read this article. Thank you!!Lieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758542818877190806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-24215353717323962662013-02-01T21:29:45.276-08:002013-02-01T21:29:45.276-08:00Thanks for re-posting this, Tom, I have not read ...Thanks for re-posting this, Tom, I have not read it before, and I was talking out loud in my apartment (to myself, like a crazy person) while reading. I work in a Child Care Centre in Vancouver Canada, and although I don't have children, this is almost exactly my personal philosophy in my work. I truly hope that when I am one day a parent I can keep this philosophy while raising my own children. <br /><br />ChantelChantelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01526174637310382715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-84871031770676719342013-02-01T17:17:55.417-08:002013-02-01T17:17:55.417-08:00Very good read. I've been considering my son&#...Very good read. I've been considering my son's IEP (individualized education plan, put in place because of a receptive language learning difficulty/delay)...part of it states that an assistant can scribe for him, explain questions if he doesn't get what's being asked, etc. I've certainly been guilty of over-hovering/explaining when he has trouble expressing himself. So, I decided to ask his teacher to just let him write the next test on his own. I want to see what he's really capable of, on his own, without any special help. And that will be good enough, even if his work is "average" or even below...if that's what he's able to do, I can live with it and support him as he grows. Love the image of the hovering parents. With four little ones, my husband and I will be more like, "See ya!", leaving them on the college steps with their bags around them. Haha!<br />The Knitty Gritty Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890656094078973552noreply@blogger.com