A star of your child

A star of your child Copyright 2006 Olympia Socrates In a time when the PlayStation, Inteet and iPod seems to reign, it is increasingly difficult to encourage children to great results, especially in traditional sectors such as visual art, mathematics and science. The growth of interest in New Age and dependence hobbies are a departure from the good "old days" when children play long and hard and are healthy as could obesity is a rarity and inventions and creativity, not frowned upon or shunned by children. Today the situation is very different. The computer has a virtual monopoly on the interest and attention of the 21 Century child. This should not necessarily a bad thing, if selected. We won? T in all the evils and dangers of cyberspace, but rather proactively use the talent on the network. A couple of things you could suggest to the information overload of today's children are: traditional activities: poetry, theater, sports, athletics, scrapbooking, history lessons and quizzes. Contemporary event: the promotion of hobby scale modeling simulation of architecture, etc., to lea a new language such as Chinese (for obvious reasons) for technically savvy: * Building nitro-powered racing cars Rewards Program: E 'essential' reward "every child is his performance in any way that both you and your child agree. Even if the child does not know that he or she will be actively consulted this.Rewards only minimally by the nature in a crowd or in the material, but on top of the emotional scale. Why? because human beings, we treasure love covers, license, medals on the back, trips together to places of interest PLUS rewards accompanying material, such as money, gifts, etc. That is fact and is undeniable. The most important that the child may be exceptional cases, to allow them to "play". And 'thanks to them performing their real interests, skills and talents are emerge.However without your active participation in the process, there is only a limited chance of success, as any parent or guardian is the first role model and mentor for each child. Just as you project at work, you need to develop the project of the child. If you can physically be at any time you need to delegate a trusted person. But not in a situation where there is active support. And if it was successful and the prices start to contribute troops, you can be proud of a good work.