Message
From Principals’ Pen
The foundation of a child’s character is lad in his formative years. In a day, a child spends one fourth of his time in school and three fourths of his time with his parents. Understanding this fact, parents should never think that by sending their ward to a good school, they have got rid of their responsibilities and that the school will take care of everything. The parents and the teachers should jointly work for all-round development of a child.
Both the parents should work in cooperation and define their distinct role. If one is strict and scolds the child, the other should not become liberal or show leniency. As and when required, both the parents should show strict or liberal behavior. It is an art which can be learnt from other parents and by reading good books on parenting.
Parents should spend quality time with their children. They sacrifice their leisure hours if they want to see their wards fulfill their dreams. Criticism of the school, the principal and the teachers should be avoided in front of children. Such criticism builds disrespect for the school and the child may find himself in a state on confusion regarding following the rules and code of conduct laid down by the school.
Parents should regularly check the bags and belongings of their children at least one a week. A few children sometimes brings unwanted material to school and so parents should not mind if the bags/pockets/bottles are checked by the school authorities.
Parents should never allow unchecked, uncontrolled, unsupervised access to the internet and social networking websites, especially Facebook/WhatsApp, to the children. If the children feel bad about it, let them feel so. Parent should be firm on their decision as it is a question to their ward’s future. Such websites invite distraction as there is an abundance of objectionable material available on the internet. Bad is always bad, and bad will make the child worse if he is not monitored and guided at the right time and the right age.
Mobile culture should not be encouraged during school life. My years of experience have witnessed more harm than good due to mobile addiction. It is a device which distracts most of the children form their studies. Physical activities such as sport should be encouraged, for the healthy development of the child. Involve your sons as well as daughters in household chores such as washing, leaning, dusting, cooking and gardening, which may be taken up for half an hour twice a week. This channelizes their energy in constructive work and also teaches them dignity of labor, apart from reducing the aggression in them.
The parents must keep track of the expenditure of the pocket money of the child and also help him to develop a habit of saving money. They should refrain from giving excess money to their child. School doesn’t demand any money from parents and informed parents if money is required for competitions/charity.
“In order to carry a positive action we must develop a positive vision”.
Principal
Model Govt.Inter College BHEL
Hardwar, Uttrakhand, INDIA
The foundation of a child’s character is lad in his formative years. In a day, a child spends one fourth of his time in school and three fourths of his time with his parents. Understanding this fact, parents should never think that by sending their ward to a good school, they have got rid of their responsibilities and that the school will take care of everything. The parents and the teachers should jointly work for all-round development of a child.
Both the parents should work in cooperation and define their distinct role. If one is strict and scolds the child, the other should not become liberal or show leniency. As and when required, both the parents should show strict or liberal behavior. It is an art which can be learnt from other parents and by reading good books on parenting.
Parents should spend quality time with their children. They sacrifice their leisure hours if they want to see their wards fulfill their dreams. Criticism of the school, the principal and the teachers should be avoided in front of children. Such criticism builds disrespect for the school and the child may find himself in a state on confusion regarding following the rules and code of conduct laid down by the school.
Parents should regularly check the bags and belongings of their children at least one a week. A few children sometimes brings unwanted material to school and so parents should not mind if the bags/pockets/bottles are checked by the school authorities.
Parents should never allow unchecked, uncontrolled, unsupervised access to the internet and social networking websites, especially Facebook/WhatsApp, to the children. If the children feel bad about it, let them feel so. Parent should be firm on their decision as it is a question to their ward’s future. Such websites invite distraction as there is an abundance of objectionable material available on the internet. Bad is always bad, and bad will make the child worse if he is not monitored and guided at the right time and the right age.
Mobile culture should not be encouraged during school life. My years of experience have witnessed more harm than good due to mobile addiction. It is a device which distracts most of the children form their studies. Physical activities such as sport should be encouraged, for the healthy development of the child. Involve your sons as well as daughters in household chores such as washing, leaning, dusting, cooking and gardening, which may be taken up for half an hour twice a week. This channelizes their energy in constructive work and also teaches them dignity of labor, apart from reducing the aggression in them.
The parents must keep track of the expenditure of the pocket money of the child and also help him to develop a habit of saving money. They should refrain from giving excess money to their child. School doesn’t demand any money from parents and informed parents if money is required for competitions/charity.
“In order to carry a positive action we must develop a positive vision”.
Principal
Model Govt.Inter College BHEL
Hardwar, Uttrakhand, INDIA