Jonas Harrysson has been teaching children for more than 16 years. When people have been teaching for that long, they tend to be able to reach the students on a very personal level. Of course, you don’t do anything for 16 years and not pick up a trick or two along the way. Eventually, it becomes second hand and at that point, the teacher will be doing more than simply standing in front of the students every day. They will be shaping young lives and giving them a running start at the future.
In the past 5 years or perhaps longer, he has noticed a difference in the attitude of the students in his classroom. He’s tried a number of things, from rewarding to reprimanding and every other type of discipline that is acceptable. It is then that this teacher realized that it was something needing fixed at home. Facebook provided the ultimate platform for Jonas to speak to the parents. He begged them to stop doing 3 dangerous things and his post has gone viral throughout the world. Eventually, it was even translated into English by an enlightened father.
This is something that many of us appreciate about Facebook and other forms of social media. There may be times when all we hear on the news is bad news, and that is to be expected. It is true that bad things happen but they often capitalize on it by only focusing on the bad. It improves readership and ultimately, their bottom line. On Facebook, however, we get to see behind the scenes and hear true human interest stories that have a very different type of effect on us. They have the ability to enlighten us on the world around us and often, they can be quite inspirational. That is the case with this viral post, one that you are going to love.
“I have worked with kids for almost 16 years and there are a few things that I’ve noticed children are becoming worse and worse at.
No.1. Children find it very difficult to be bored! There constantly needs to be something going on. Please stop spoiling your children. It’s not dangerous for them to be bored sometimes.
No 2. I’ve met many parents who are so proud that their kids can read and count before starting preschool. Well, I hate to break it to you, but reading and counting, they’ll learn soon enough. Teach them instead to play, to be a good friend, and to share.”
Jonas was tired of fights occurring because children weren’t sharing toys or materials. He was also tired of trying to get them to focus on something outside of technology and getting them to step out of their comfort zone.
It Involves Their Sanity
One other important thing that Jonas wanted parents to do was to teach them to be appreciative of good things in their lives.
“My third point is that many children find it difficult to show gratitude to both kids and adults. Can they get an ‘extra’ one, is unfortunately often a first question.
‘We only get one!?’ is a common complaint I hear.
What happened to ‘please.” And ‘thanks for dinner,’ and ‘thanks for the ride,’ and so on?
I have no children yet, but if I do sometime in the future I will teach them to play, to be a good friend, to show gratitude and to be bored from time to time. When they learn those things, then will I teach them to read and count….”
A time and a place exists for everything but developing important qualities such as consideration and kindness are best learned when children are young.
Remember What He Said
The next time you give into your children and allow them to throw a temper tantrum, spend extra time on TV or do similar, think about what this teacher had to say. Not only are teachers going to reap the rewards of your actions at home, you will be able to enjoy those rewards as well.
Via: Faith Tap
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