You helped your children to read...
My children have grown up in a roughish area as i was, i sent them to the top of the class by spending time helping them to read.
I'm getting at no other child is in her range in the same class, she's held behind as the rest are slow? how do do treat your children.
With respect libby, given that small example of your own grammar, one would assume your children didn't teach your grandchild to read, being as she is 'top of her class' without any competition?
It's great that you're proud of your grandchild libby and want to announce that pride to the world but they are not and you are not unique. There are plenty of children who are excelling in schools (I spend a lot of time at my son's school helping out with projects, trips, visits etc). I see a range of children at various ages who are outstanding pupils. My own son is (fortunately), one of the 'bright ones'. We (my wife and I), try to teach him as much as we can. The 'Word Association' game in this forum was started by me. It's one of many games we play in the car, on the walk to school etc. It's a sneaky way of teaching him (like all children, he doesn't always want to 'learn', he'd rather play). But as well as the children that are performing well in classes, I also see those that struggle to keep up with the rest of their class. There are many parents who spend time with their children, who teach them, who nurture their inquisitive minds. There are also those that couldn't give two hoots about their offspring. It's sad for the child but the world has always had people such as this.
Express how fantastic your children are, your grandchildren, your great grandchildren etc etc. Tell them how amazing you think they are. Let them know they are loved and that you're proud of them. That's all something to be encouraged but the reality is, they DO have competition, they are not unique and if they're growing up believing they are head and shoulders above their peers, that they have 'no competition', that they are unique, how do you think that's going to look to employers? Fine if those children are bound for self-employment but they've got to work with other people at some point (people that aren't in their league!). We've probably all met a person who has an attitude that they're the most important person in the room, in the office, in the building... in the world! They tend to be loners, they tend to offend people, they tend to come a cropper. Yes, sometimes they go on to be successful but that's few and far between. In my opinion, and that's all it is, 'my opinion', nurturing your children is to be encouraged but don't give the children the idea that they're in some way superior to their peers, that they have no competition, that they're being held back because they're so superior to the rest of their peers. Nurturing that kind of attitude is going to lead to them coming down to earth with a big bang when they start on the road to a career.
Come on canta, let's have a comment from you on this.
