GIVING YOUR CHILD AN EARLY START TO SUCCESS

“At each man’s birth there comes into being an eternal vocation for him, expressly for him. To be true to himself in relation to this eternal vocation is the highest thing a man can practice” – Soren Kierkegaard. 

A lot of our children struggle with identity issues. As they grow up, they aren’t really clear about who they are, what they want and find it difficult to answer questions like “what would you like to become in future?” 

 As parents, we can make this confusion state less threatening by being more sensitive to our children. We need to help them identify their nature; temperaments, emotions, stress levels, interests, strengths and weaknesses. We also need to help boost their self esteem and focus on building a self assured, confident and independent child irrespective of their weaknesses. From experience at our reading clubs, we have found out that focusing on building a child’s strength and self esteem can really help a child overcome some of his weaknesses.

Unfortunately, some parents focus more on the weakness of their children making them feel inferior to their peers or siblings. It could be because we compare them to ourselves and our own abilities or that we compare them to other children.

We need to remember that every child is unique. Let’s nurture their uniqueness as early as we can.  A child who knows exactly what he wants to do and who has been given an enabling environment to learn and practise all or some of the things he enjoys doing  at age 15 would probably turn out better than another who knows what he wants out of life with no skills to achieve it at the age of 25.

The world we live in is fast evolving, creating more spaces for people who are skilful and passionate about what they do. Let your child have a space in this world too by giving them an early start to success!