Resolutions Redux
Posted by Dave on 2006/12/31
I posted this a year ago today. I still like it, so here it is again.
I resolve to
- believe that my child and I are always on the same side.
- trust that my child knows what’s best for her.
- remember that children model better than they listen.
- assume that if an activity is valuable to my child, it is valuable for my child, if I can only see why.
- ask “Why not?” more than I ask “Why?”
- believe that my child will do it if she can do it.
- believe, even in the face of short-term evidence, that my support and approval are among my child’s most important goals.
- look at what’s right, not what’s wrong.
- defend my child when his instincts are right; take a stand against any system that is looking more to its goals than to my child’s.
- take a flame thrower to every unworthy homework assignment that crosses my doorstep.
Happy New Year!