When parents can’t say “no”…
As an avid watcher of the German version of “Supernanny”, I found this article from the education section of the BBC News website particularly interesting.
I think there used to be an idea, that it was underprivileged children that were disruptive in schools. This article suggests something else: that spoilt children are disruptive because their parents cannot say “no” at home.
In particular the story about the child who broke is own Playstation and then pestered his mother for a whole week until she bought him a new one.
I read such stories almost in horror, as I don’t want to make such mistakes with my own daughter. Indeed, much of the “Supernanny” episodes here deal with children who have never learnt that there are limits to what is acceptable.
I hope to strike the right balance between showing my daughter how much she means to me without going so far that she learns to use this against me (or her teachers) later on.
Tags: education, limits, Schools, spoilt children
