The “5 Knives” of Family Education: Each Cut Deeper Than the Last
There are no circles without rules.
A couple of days ago, I visited a close friend’s house and caught her abuse her child. “Why are you so foolish? I told you not to do that, but you really did not pay attention, and currently you have actually damaged it. I think you’re deliberately trying to make me miserable. Get out, go to your space and do your research …” The child reduced his head, said nothing, and strolled back to his area. In fact, the factor the youngster was reprimanded was rather minor. Right after lunch, my pal was cleaning up the meals, and the youngster wanted to help but mistakenly went down and damaged a plate. Because of this, this tiny event brought about such a “torrential” scolding. I asked my friend: “Your child is still so young, isn’t it a bit much to scold her so severely?” My friend smiled and said: “It’s all right, she’ll comprehend. This is just how I am. I simply speak my mind a little roughly, yet it’s for her very own good.” She really did not understand how much damages her way of talking might trigger to her kid’s young heart. Regretfully, there are many parents like her in life. They constantly say undermining and suppressing things to their kids, yet they think about themselves as having “sharp tongues yet tender hearts.” But as Yu …