Comments on: Let Them be Kids a Bit Longer http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/ Attempts at a Sustainable Lifestyle... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:47:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jenny http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-1562 Jenny Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:38:56 +0000 http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/#comment-1562 I completely agree! Great post. I completely agree! Great post.

]]> By: jen http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 jen Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:57:21 +0000 http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/#comment-1514 I tend to agree with what you've written and I think it matters more that you're a similar age in high school. It's hard sitting back and watching your friends get their driver's licence when you can't yet because your birthday is later, and that's just a small example. I tend to agree with what you’ve written and I think it matters more that you’re a similar age in high school. It’s hard sitting back and watching your friends get their driver’s licence when you can’t yet because your birthday is later, and that’s just a small example.

]]> By: laoma http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 laoma Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:38:58 +0000 http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/#comment-1512 Being a mother, I just wanted to spend as much time with my child and play with her with whatever games were available with our limited resources. Xin started to learn Chinese characters as a game. When I pointed to the Chinese character of "heart" in the newspaper and put her little hand to her pumping heart and told her that the character is " heart", she quickly found the same character in another location of the paper. I knew she could make a conection between the real object and an abstract symble and she was ready to learn to read. She was just 2 years old. Then she started to find charaters she knew in the papers and books and she started to accumulate more and more. I remembered we also spended a lot of time finding some small gemlike stones in some huge sand hills. We would be very happy when we found one. Those games did not cost me a penny and the fun we got from them were beyond words. We also cut paper into different pattens and folded paper into differnt objects. That is the fun part to have a child. I never like the idea to let children to skip grades and I always want them to enjoy their normal childhood. I taught her Chinese in her early age because she had fun to learn them,and I let her flunk a grade to study English because I did not want her to have too much hardships when she was making all the adjustments to her new life. Besides I always think it is better for her to be in the class of her own age. Her Fourth Grade teacher was great, and she would not ask questions and even did not grade Xin's writing for the first semester. Xin absorbed English as she did with Chinese in a fun way. I think as parents, the best thing we can give to our children is our love and time. There are a lot of ways to make your children smart without cost of a penny, but they will cost you time. Do not try to creat a myth of "genius child", which will be very misleading. Do not try to push your children to fulfill the unrealized dreams of your own. Just wish your children happiness, independency, and good health. Being a mother, I just wanted to spend as much time with my child and play with her with whatever games were available with our limited resources. Xin started to learn Chinese characters as a game. When I pointed to the Chinese character of “heart” in the newspaper and put her little hand to her pumping heart and told her that the character is ” heart”, she quickly found the same character in another location of the paper. I knew she could make a conection between the real object and an abstract symble and she was ready to learn to read. She was just 2 years old. Then she started to find charaters she knew in the papers and books and she started to accumulate more and more. I remembered we also spended a lot of time finding some small gemlike stones in some huge sand hills. We would be very happy when we found one. Those games did not cost me a penny and the fun we got from them were beyond words. We also cut paper into different pattens and folded paper into differnt objects. That is the fun part to have a child. I never like the idea to let children to skip grades and I always want them to enjoy their normal childhood. I taught her Chinese in her early age because she had fun to learn them,and I let her flunk a grade to study English because I did not want her to have too much hardships when she was making all the adjustments to her new life. Besides I always think it is better for her to be in the class of her own age. Her Fourth Grade teacher was great, and she would not ask questions and even did not grade Xin’s writing for the first semester. Xin absorbed English as she did with Chinese in a fun way.
I think as parents, the best thing we can give to our children is our love and time. There are a lot of ways to make your children smart without cost of a penny, but they will cost you time.
Do not try to creat a myth of “genius child”, which will be very misleading. Do not try to push your children to fulfill the unrealized dreams of your own. Just wish your children happiness, independency, and good health.

]]> By: Yearblook http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 Yearblook Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:23:39 +0000 http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/#comment-1511 I like the post, please consider submitting it to yearblook.com I like the post, please consider submitting it to yearblook.com

]]> By: Grateful Guy http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Grateful Guy Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:03:07 +0000 http://baglady.dreamhosters.com/2008/04/04/let-them-be-kids-a-bit-longer/#comment-1510 Some parents see their children as an extension of themselves, instead of separate and distinct beings. My sister and I were really pushed as children - I once got a detention and was harangued for 3 hours solid about it. I'm glad, though, that they raised me to be intelligent rather than stupid. That would really be bad. Some parents see their children as an extension of themselves, instead of separate and distinct beings. My sister and I were really pushed as children – I once got a detention and was harangued for 3 hours solid about it.

I’m glad, though, that they raised me to be intelligent rather than stupid. That would really be bad.

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