It sometimes gets a bad press, but what do grandparents really think about positive education? Here’s their opinion, and it’s not what you think…
Things have changed a lot in terms of education in the space of a few generations. The injunctions on what you should or should not do with your children are often (too) numerous for parents. Some move from a rather authoritarian tendency to the Wu Wei approach. Others wonder about how to counter the bad influence of a friend on their child. Still others fear that their offspring will suffer from depression.
It is sometimes difficult to navigate. To get an outside opinion on current practices, the HuffPost asked grandmothers. And their opinions are not necessarily what one might expect. A certain Anne W. expresses for example his admiration for the parenting philosophy more “gentle” that she observes today, even with “difficult personalitiess”. She approves of her children’s investment in the education of their toddlers.
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These good points for current positive education
However, some do not hide their fear of the consequences of an overly permissive education : gentleness should not be confused with permissiveness according to Marny H. You should also not try to be friends with your child according to Marilyn C. Angela A. appreciates the greater involvement of fathers in the House. Susan S. would have been happy to have the same conveniences in her day like diaper delivery.
Rame J. likes most of the current trends but has noticed that children don’t know how to behave in restaurants, and she wonders why. Some also think that it remains important toinstill good manners and respect to his children. Dawn J. thinks that we need to let children be children and stop making them anxious with goals like prep school, a private teacher, etc.
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Grandparents’ concerns about education today
Another source of concern for one of the grandmothers interviewed: time spent in front of screens. A vast subject indeed…
On the advice side, Karen C. encourages spend quality time with family, and rather outdoors. We should also encourage reading, encourage empathy, patience and common sense. A grandmother is concerned about the number of unvaccinated children. And for grandfather Éric R., fear of artificial intelligence is not the most important according to him: “I’m more concerned about the decline in real intelligence!”. It is said…
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