Preparing children to face the challenges of tomorrow was more important than seeing that they join institutions for which there was severe competition, said Vishal Indla director of Indlas Child Guidance Clinic at a seminar on “The art of Parenting” conducted by Bloomingdale playschool here on Thursday.
Dr. Vishal said a lot of parents were anxious about their children getting into one prestigious institution or the other, but the happiness of the child was more important than the institution. He said there was an increase in the number of suicides in one such prestigious institution.
He said parents should be more interested in teaching their children “moral values and mental toughness” rather than pushing to make then pass entrance exams. Children should have the ability to cope with failure in a mature way. This kind of maturity was becoming very rare and this should be inculcated in the children from an early age, Dr. Vishal said. It is this kind of maturity that would make them successful and not the mere getting into an institution, he said.
Parents should help children choose their careers through scientific methods--aptitude testing and career counselling rather than forcing them into a career which the parents preferred.
‘Parents should help children choose their career through scientific methods -- aptitude testing and career counselling -- rather than forcing them into a career’
