Tiger Woods, Dr. Benjamin Carson, Oprah Winfrey and Venus and Serena Williams are born in an American society where well over forty percent of prison inmates and students in special education share their ethnic background. Many researchers would argue that because of their race or ethnic background they would confront additional psychological and economical obstacles than non-minorities that would make it extremely difficult for them to be successful.
Regardless of their chosen profession, what Tiger Woods, Dr. Benjamin Carson, Oprah Winfrey and Venus and Serena Williams have in common is not their race, money or level of education; what they have in common is good old fashioned, down-to-earth, excellent parenting. Most parents would like to believe that there is some type of magic in raising successful children because it relieves them from the guilt of not giving their children the proper spiritual, psychological, and emotional skills that they need to be successful in life. What do Beethoven, Thomas Edison, and Sigmund Freud have in common with Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey, Venus and Serena Williams and Dr. Benjamin Carson? You guessed it! Excellent parents. Quality parenting has nothing to do with whether or not a child is raised in a two-parent or single-parent home; what matters the most is the parent’s ability to instill in their child an impervious sense of self-worth, self-respect and self-love.
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One of the dilemmas of being a parent is deciding how much financial assistance to give your children. It is every parent’s desire to be able to provide whatever their children need to live a full and happy life, but how much do you give them? Can you give your children too much and what is the best way to help them? Very often, giving money or gifts is associated with giving love and the first point to make is that the amount of love you give your children has very little to do with the amount of money or gifts you give them. Money buys neither love nor happiness. Parents who do not put limits on what they give to their children often do so for a psychological reason that has more to do with themselves than their children. Perhaps they feel guilty about not spending enough time with their children, or perhaps they want their children to have a better life than they had themselves. Single parents can find themselves giving too much to their children to help remove their guilt over their failed relationship.
It is the duty of every parent to raise their children in such a way that they are able to lead independent and successful lives, no matter how you might define success. An important part of parenting is instilling the values and beliefs in your children that will enable them to achieve what they want in life. There is an old adage ‘give a man fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime’. Giving too much to a child creates dependency and most importantly, it allows your child to develop a lack of respect for money that can lead to financial problems later in life. Lack of respect for money usually goes hand in hand with wastefulness, an inability to save for longer term goals and sometimes a life burdened with debt.
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ABSTRACT
The importance of parental involvement as an accelerating and motivating factor in their children’s education is a worldwide-accepted fact. This research project provides an in depth explanation along with specific reasons, the importance of parents’ involvement in their children’s education. It also discusses the parenting techniques, their types and their consequences if neglected. It also describes the ways to measure the outcome of the positive parental involvement. Furthermore, it mentions the teachers involvement and the difficulties faced by the teachers in getting parents involved in their children’s (this is further supported by the examples of two teachers who with their deliberate efforts won the parents over to devote their maximum attention towards their children), single-parent involvement, children’s own efforts to improve their academic levels and joint home-school based interventions. A detailed analysis of the different main ideas is given, based on the findings from other research surveys and projects.
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