All About Teaching Values

[smartmummy]

I also seek advise.i let him to read the article about men,but he read the besides news "why social escorts come to work?"i am not sure is suitable for him or not.


My son is in his preteen stage.he is 10.
I read a parenting book that guide how to handle preteen.author advised to give an open talk about sex at this age is suitable. Cos they cannot go and experiment on it.when they reach teen it will help.

[serenasgreenhouse]

My nephew and niece just read this wonderful story about financial responsibility and management, \"Three Cups\". It is written for kids by Tony Townsley and Mark St. Germain.


On his fifth birthday, a boy receives the gift of three cups from his parents: one is for spending, one for saving while the third for giving. That’s where he is to keep his allowance. Over time, how much goes into each cup changes. The text includes a parents’ guide.

\"Teaching Children How to Save, Spend and be Charitable with Money.\" It is a great book that teaches earning, saving and donating. Besides teaching the kids about money management and financial responsibility, it teaches the kids the importance of compassion too. A GREAT read!

I tried to find this book in the NLB catalogue but failed to do so. If you are keen to buy the book, you may have to get it from the amazon website:
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Cups-Mark-St-Germain/dp/0979456304

[kooky83]

smartmummy:

I also seek advise.i let him to read the article about men,but he read the besides news \"why social escorts come to work?\"i am not sure is suitable for him or not.


My son is in his preteen stage.he is 10.
I read a parenting book that guide how to handle preteen.author advised to give an open talk about sex at this age is suitable. Cos they cannot go and experiment on it.when they reach teen it will help.

Yup, I also agree that it would be more suitable to expose and educate your child with these sexual-related issues at puberty age. if you expose them too young, they might not understand or feel awfully disgusted

[peanut_butter]

I am a piano tutor. A mother make her 2 children say their ‘goodbye’ at the door after every lesson (except when they are already in bed).


A Japanese mother and her daughter used to do that too. Even the grandmother joins in, whenever she’s visiting. (but the elderly dare not go near me as she can’t understand English).

A simple gesture goes a long way. They learn gratitude and manners.

[Compass]

I think the most effective way to instill values is to model them..


Interesting article:
http://www.family.org.sg/default.aspx?go=article&aid=1011

[Compass]

I think the most effective way to instill values is to model them..


Interesting article:
http://www.family.org.sg/default.aspx?go=article&aid=1011

[kooky83]

Compass:

I think the most effective way to instill values is to model them..


Interesting article:
http://www.family.org.sg/default.aspx?go=article&aid=1011

interesting article you've shared there! absolutely agree being a role model to your children is very impt! when i was a child, i also learn from my parents' actions and their set of values.

[Compass]

Thank you kooky for your encouragement! Let's continue to model the right values to our kids! Not easy but we try our best!


Cheers

kooky83:

Compass:

I think the most effective way to instill values is to model them..

Interesting article:
http://www.family.org.sg/default.aspx?go=article&aid=1011

interesting article you've shared there! absolutely agree being a role model to your children is very impt! when i was a child, i also learn from my parents' actions and their set of values.

[serenasgreenhouse]

There’s a great book, "Always wear clean underwear!" written by Marc Gellman. It is a wonderful resource for parents to read with kids and to instill values in them. I used some stories from the book during the Orientation Week when I was teaching in my ex-school. When I first saw this book, the title caught my attention. It is written in a conversational, easy to understand and humourous manner. Even my upper primary kids loved the stories. An AWESOME read!

[serenasgreenhouse]

serenasgreenhouse:

There's a great book, \"Always wear clean underwear!\" written by Marc Gellman. It is a wonderful resource for parents to read with kids and to instill values in them. I used some stories from the book during the Orientation Week when I was teaching in my ex-school. When I first saw this book, the title caught my attention. It is written in a conversational, easy to understand and humourous manner. Even my upper primary kids loved the stories. An AWESOME read!

Have initially included a link to my blog that has an extract to the book. Was notified by moderator that it is not allowed. My apologies. As the link has been removed, feel free to read an extract from the book below.

Why do your parents care about your underwear? Nobody sees your underwear, and yet parents always tell kids to wear clean underwear.

Answer #1: Dirty underwear is full of germs and we don't want those germs jumping off your underwear and onto you.

Answer #2: You should always wear clean underwear because if you ever get into an accident on the way to school or on the way home from school and an ambulance has to take you to the hospital and the doctors in the emergency room have to take your pants off, if they see that you're wearing dirty underwear then they'll think that we're bad parents because we don't wash your underwear. (Take note that this is a run-on sentence from the book. A chance to incorporate the usage of appropriate punctation. Heehee.)

Apart from these answers, there must be some big deep reason behind this. I think I figured it out. The big reason for wearing clean underwear is to teach you this: What people don't see about you should be just as good as what people do see about you.

We all try to look good outside. The hard part is to look good inside.

If you pretend to be somebody's friend but say bad things about him or her to other people, then it's a lot like wearing dirty underwear. If you are nice to your brothers or sisters when your parents are around but hit them and make them miserable when your parents are gone, then you're wearing dirty underwear.

The hardest thing in life is to be the same way deep down as you are on top. If you are always pretending to be something you aren't, if you never say what you mean, if you never do what you say, then you'll be unhappy and people will stay away from you because they don't want to have a friend who is clean only on the outside.