Coconut Spectrum Educational Consult

What is your child hearing about morals and values?

Who is your child hearing about morals and values from?

What are the morals and values of who your child is hearing about morals and values from?

What exactly is your child hearing of the morals and values they are hearing?

Whose duty is it to teach your child morals and values?

Chat with me.



“no copyright infringement is intended” to picture

That Child Needs More Than Words

When your child is scared and they share with you, are you one of those adults who say: "Don't worry", "God forbid!" Perhaps yours is "Allaah won't let it happen!" or "you are the child of God, nothing evil will happen to you!"

It is true that God is all powerful and able; you and I may know that. Question is, is your young child 4, 6, 9, 10, even 12-year old child able to comprehend that? In this present world of seeing is believing, where everything is on show such that it leaves very little to the imagination, should you truly expect those statements to make any sense to a child?!

Remember that God is in the abstract, you haven't ever seen or touched Him. Recall also that you must have struggled before you got to a point where you started to agree that He does exist! And even now, I bet there are times when you still wonder about His existence. And that is you, with all your experiences, and those of people close to you. How much more a child, who still believes in the existence of Santa Claus, unicorns and Cinderella...

The next time a child shares their fears with you, do more than making a statement; go the extra mile of allaying their fears with concepts they can readily bring to mind. Listen to them, acknowledge their fears, and share steps to overcome the perceived dangers.

That way, you will be empowering them to navigate doubts, fears and dangers for the rest of their lives.

Remember, no fear is too winsy to leave unsorted, just like no mosquito is too tiny to go to bed with.

Steady steps...
Doyinsola

Children learn a lot of things as they grow and most of their actions are borne out of what they learnt and how they learnt.

What is your child learning?
Who is responsible for teaching your child?
Are you wiling to learn from your child's teachers?
Will you be happy to receive what your child has learnt?

!