Build Bridges Of Communication And Care

Ours is a time of sea change. New systems, new sensibilities, new perspective, new technology and newer gadgets are zipping past all around us in the social arena. A new ecosystem is being formulated at a startling speed. Learning and teaching methods should also adapt to this change at the early years itself. 

The way parents and care-givers used to communicate earlier should change to  a more  focussed  and  more responsible approach. You can’t give examples of your childhood anymore. They are not relevant anymore. This is going to be a ‘touchscreen ready’ generation therefore older ways of communication and perceptions are redundant to a large extent. 

Now we need to be more logical, precise and caring while giving any instruction to the child. In other words, your instructions should be convincing, to-the-point and empathising. This is even more significant during the foundation years of early education. While dealing with small kids it is important that we come at the eye-level of the child and then interact lovingly with him/her. Sitting down or lying down beside the child makes it easier to connect and communicate. 

It’s true that every child inherits many things genetically that help shaping up the body and the brain but in today’s world equally crucial is the way the child is nurtured. Child’s mental abilities, cognitive development and social achievement largely depend upon the early experiences and environments. So don’t impose, rather interact. Don’t go onto a long speech and confuse, rather be short and clear. Don’t behave as typically ‘grown-ups’, rather see the world through the child’s sensibility and you’ll discover that the key to raise a smarter, achiever and happy child is to build two way bridges of communication and care at early stages of childhood. 

You’ll be rewarded with great insights, sense of accomplishment as parent and blissful experiences… I can assure you that! 

Building A Nation's Character

We are witnessing increasing violence all around. This disturbing trend is affecting our life to the core and changing our priorities. It is re-enforcing the need to carefully imbibe the relevant social values and ethics in our education system and curriculum. At KITE School we introspect and review the study pattern and activities periodically. It is important to understand that value-education must start right from the preschool days. Child’s behaviour pattern should be monitored and should be corrected, if needed. Here ‘correction’ does not mean aggression. Parents should work towards attaining desired results with affectionate and tender training. More importantly, we should inculcate social and human values in children not by preaching or ‘teaching’ but rather by showing them in our daily life interactions. Children observe and learn and internalize.

When children watch adults’ behaviour, they take it as approved social norm, they take it as a model in their sub-conscious mind. Therefore various models, derived from ‘watching’ different day to day situations, accumulate in the sub-conscious and a certain character starts building up in the child’s personality. Therefore it is utmost important that we behave consciously in front of our children. It is also equally important that we do not expose our children to inappropriate situations, scenes and media. We need to set proper example, we need to provide proper paradigm.

Every incident leaves a mark, every experience leaves an imprint. This is how children develop sense of truth, equality, empathy, justice and commitment. This is how society gets healthy and happy. This is how a nation’s character is built. This is how we get sons and daughters who make us proud!