Career problems for a 6 yr old
Not one morning passes by without Hari's polambals. He has to say atleast 23 times "I don't want to go school". These would be followed by lectures on
1. Its good for you
2. You don't want to be illiterate. Do you?
3. Don't you want to be a tech director like appa?
4. You have to do some work or the other to survive.
etc.. etc..
My next strategy was - "you have to look after cows." I was stunned when he said ok. Thats where Bala came in and dropped the right sentence "looking after cows means cleaning cowdung too!!" "oops" That was something my 6 year old could not imagine. The bum-cleaning is mommy's job. How can he do that? Okay, Mom, lets make a deal. I will take care of the cows, but the cleaning part, why don't you do it as always?
When that did not get any response from me, hari decided he will work at home like his mom. WOW! somebody wants to be like me! Thats something, coming from Hari who adores his dad! Now how do I tackle this? Lets see, ah ha, the bum cleaning comes again. Hari you have to clean your bro's diaper. Hows that? hmm.. now this is getting even more difficult.
Okay mom, Where's my uniform!!
1. Its good for you
2. You don't want to be illiterate. Do you?
3. Don't you want to be a tech director like appa?
4. You have to do some work or the other to survive.
etc.. etc..
My next strategy was - "you have to look after cows." I was stunned when he said ok. Thats where Bala came in and dropped the right sentence "looking after cows means cleaning cowdung too!!" "oops" That was something my 6 year old could not imagine. The bum-cleaning is mommy's job. How can he do that? Okay, Mom, lets make a deal. I will take care of the cows, but the cleaning part, why don't you do it as always?
When that did not get any response from me, hari decided he will work at home like his mom. WOW! somebody wants to be like me! Thats something, coming from Hari who adores his dad! Now how do I tackle this? Lets see, ah ha, the bum cleaning comes again. Hari you have to clean your bro's diaper. Hows that? hmm.. now this is getting even more difficult.
Okay mom, Where's my uniform!!
Comments
The problem is not with the 6 yr old kid it is the problem of the teacher or the school itself.
don't put the blame on the kid. Kids actually love to go school, because they like to play with their friends forget about the learning part. They will learn while they play. There is enough evidence on this, if you google you can find it.