15 things nobody teaches your child

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15 things nobody teaches your child (but life would invariably do)	Upcoming Events
(1) Nobody teaches your child to make mistakes, to fail. Obviously no invention, no success has happened without failures or mistakes. Failing shows that you are doing, you are trying, experimenting, learning. (2) Nobody teaches your child to understand emotions. Mostly we are taught not to have some emotions (eg: not get angry) - is that even possible? Mostly we learn to blame others for our emotions - is that even helpful? (3) Nobody teaches your child to express. The world focuses on communication. But what many of us struggle with (specially with near-dear ones) is the ability to express our needs and wants, our thoughts and opinions, and most importantly our feelings. (4) Nobody teaches your child to take decisions. If most of the important decisions are taken by parents or teachers or school - then pray, think, how will a child learn to take decisions? (5) Nobody teaches your child to reflect. We give so many packages of rights and wrongs - that child is hardly left with the need to reflect. Reflection leads to developing the ability to discern what is right and wrong; Introspection leads to wisdom. (6) Nobody teaches your child to be open. We are made to sit inside numerous prisons of dictum, dogmas, beliefs, prejudices - some social, some religious, some nationalist and some self - we are conditioned to be conditioned. (7) Nobody teaches your child to be free of images. We’re told to be smart, intelligent, successful, beautiful, articulate etc and we’re told NOT to be passive or careless, or a failure or ordinary, etc. But then, are we not all of these at some points. Can’t we be taught to be just ourselves? (8) Nobody teaches your child about sexual desires. While they teach about sexual biology - we are often given to feel bad about the sexual desires we naturally feel. Can somebody please help me (without me being ashamed) understand my own sexuality? (9) Nobody teaches your child to sexually safe. Most dangers lie inside our extended families. Quick fix lessons in good-touch-bad-touch and canned safety actions hardly help in such scenarios.   (10) Nobody teaches your child interdependency. We are taught to be analytical - but life lies in understanding the interdependencies of man and nature and machines and other tools of living. We’re taught about world-wide-web, but not about WE-wide-web. (11) Nobody teaches your child the value of creativity. Mostly creativity is talked about in arts. But then I create every single moment in my life - which means I am creating - 24/7. Whether I follow outer conditioning or use my inner creativity to live, is the moot point. (12) Nobody teaches your child social relationships. Mostly we are told to love people. But the ones we love are the ones who hurt us or we hurt them. Can we be taught to separate people and their actions. Maybe then we can understand this love-hate chemistry better? (13) Nobody teaches your child to look for gold. Mostly we are taught to find faults. Gossips aren’t made up of little deeds of kindness :-( Wish we were taught to see the gold in each person since then beauty will be everywhere. (14) Nobody teaches your child acceptance. We do not learn this because perhaps we are not accepted the way we are. We are to constantly improve, become perfect, sans any imperfections. But what would happen if I learn to accept myself, others, situations … and then operate out of that understanding? (15) Nobody teaches your child to know self. The premium out there is in knowing the world. Subjects, textbooks tout to make me the master of universe. But knowing self is still elusive. Wish somebody can help me to do that! We believe its parent's job to not only understand the significance of each one of the above, but also figure out how to create an environment, a relationship, a process which will help the child learn these. To support you we offer TTT course - wherein together we as parents and aspiring and existing teachers can deeply understand our role, our love and our life for our children. Do join us in the next evening online batch starting 8th Jan - see links below. By Aditi & Ratnesh Leave your comments on the article here. Inviting you to 23rd batch of TTT - starting 8th Jan and conveniently timed for working as well as non-working parents or teachers or aspiring teachers. Conducted via webex, online web-conferencing - so you can attend from anywhere in the world! See links: Train the Trainer Before TTT … After TTT TTT Contents TTT Process Your Contribution	Thus, 8 Jan 2015  Train the Trainer online evening batch - for parents and people who want to work with children Sat, 10 Jan 2015 Online workshop - Emotions and Children Sun, 11 Jan 2015  Sunday Sadhana on Digital Devices and Children Parenting Quiz Blogs with children at Aarohi Aarohi children videos
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