Facilitating, Parenting or Teaching is NOT about tricks or techniques or strategies
- it is about deeply understanding the child and his or her learning and development
- it is about providing a relationship that would enable the child to blossom into the unique human that he or she is
- it is not about the child’s future, but about the joy we all have in the years we live together
While what you know and have been doing is correct, there are at least 50 other ways of seeing the same thing. When we open up our windows, we get to see new vistas. Automatically, these new perspectives lead us to respond to and work with children in different and perhaps much more effective ways. The child, in the end, is a huge beneficiary.
That we start enjoying working with the child is a nice side benefit.
We do not say we know any better than anybody, but surely, we can agitate you, push you out of your current zone and widen your horizon to include so many different perspectives, that you’ll soon be enjoying.