Let Your Child Fail

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Let Your Child Fail

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In the recent past I’ve come across two similar situations which I find shocking; maybe I’m too straight and narrow.

One mother wrote her 3rd grade daughter’s book reports (monthly) because her daughter hated writing and refused to write them.

In another case, I was talking to one of the middle school teachers regarding a recent event that showed off the 6th grader’s Egyptian projects. I told her I had enjoyed looking at the projects and some of them were pretty neat. She mentioned that quite a few of her students’ parents had completed the projects.

To my shocked face she responded that she knew the type of work her students were capable of and some of the projects were definitely the work of the parents.

I really do think it is a disservice to the child for the parent to do the child’s work.
(1) What is the message the parent is giving the child?
-You work is not good enough.
(2) Is the parent going to do the child’s projects through high school and college?
-I don’t think so. Then when will the child learn how to do a project? Better to learn this at a younger age than an older one.

The experience and skills a child learns by planning or not planning (and failing or having challenges) and doing a project are life skills. To plan a dinner, a garden, a ski trip or rebuild a car; it takes thinking thoroughly to plan and execute. And yes, it’s okay to fail because there’s learning in the failing.

What are your thoughts about this? Do you agree or disagree? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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