Write@Home
Winter 2015

Parenthood

father and daughter doing homework on table outdoors

During modern scientific age, various researches and studies on the human mind and behavior have been performed. It has been suggested by various studies that 90% of a child's Brain develops by the age of 5. And this period constitutes the very beginning of a child’s life where communication exists only in the form of touch, talk, sight and sound. All these experiences form building blocks to the adult a child grows into. From the day a child is born, he or she learns from experience that the parents share with them. They learn about emotions and to communicate their wants through what their parents teach them.

Endurance lies in every aspect of a parent’s way of teaching things to their children. Parents always look upon their children to grow up someday as their alter ego or in fact a better person than they themselves are. They mentor their children with respect to this desire. Change is inevitable. However, it is always an underlying desire of seeing their children grow up with the values that the parents had as they grew up is what keeps up the endurance factor. Irrespective of the style of parenting, the ultimate desire of building a better person drives all parents to endure day in day out.  In most cases parents also take care in not to err or commit to any behavior that they feel is inappropriate. In a way a child also brings about a change in the parent’s behavior for good. 

Immigrants in Canada enjoy a level of involvement and care that cannot be matched by any other country across the globe. There are many government sponsored pre-school programs where the parents get to spend time with their wards in the early stages making a harmonious transition from home to school. Involvement at the preschool level has a number of lifelong benefits, such as establishing the importance of education and developing a network of helpful connections. Parents who are involved in their child's education create a connection between home and school. At home, they are able to replicate and extend activities that their child experiences in school. Parental involvement in almost any form produces measurable gains in child's achievement. There are many early year practitioners who are trained to help and support parents to build good things in the child. adult support will help children extend and expand their child language. It has been well quoted by President Barrack Obama, former president of the United States that the responsibility for a child's education must begin at home.

I would like to conclude my argument with a note that any grown up adult is the scaled and much improvised version of a tiny toddler that parents put their efforts on. A building braves the heaviest of storms if it has a very strong foundation supporting it.  Similarly, an adult can deal with challenges of life, if the parents have instilled a sense of responsibility in them.