A fellow stay at home mother recently shared with me a typical parental concern : child who is not interested in schoolwork.
Her reasons were also typical : TV and electronic games.
But if she could not control this distracting and addictive activities NOW – what hope does she have when her child is older and more independent a.k.a rebellious.
How is she going to tell her child to switch the TV off or stop that game and pick up a book or do schoolwork – after letting him have free access all these while.
Imagine, the said child is ONLY 7 years old right now!
Other will say, it’s different raising boys and girls. But surely if they had been trained right from the start that TV or electronic games is a privilege, they will get used to it – as mine have.
But easy availability of entertainment tools is one thing.
But what kind of “truth” is, say, a 6 years old who (in jest) points a finger on his father’s forehead and demand for money threatening “Or I will kill you!” – learning, exactly?
