Children are a lot freer to learn today than they were back in the early days. The advancement of the computer and the invention of the internet etc has made us leap ahead in learning at all ages. Children today have become far more independent, outgoing, and more confident and have far more self esteem than their predecessors because they are learning and understanding a lot more of what is happening around them and in their world. More questions are being answered. Children today are being treated as adults with the same respect and I think that's how it should be.
Today, as a child, it's ok to show an adult they are wrong. In the early days you dare not do that for fear of embarrassing them and then the consequences of that.
Disciplining of our children has changed, we can no longer beat them or threaten to beat them. The result is our children are far less fearful of the adults around them and so they are instantly open to more learning opportunities because their mind is no longer shutdown, fearful or they are no longer apprehensive.
Children in the early days were very restricted in what they could learn. Survival was very much still at the top of most families thoughts and activities, so everything they did centered around making it through to the next day. The early child's day was full of chores and any school work they got, if they were lucky enough to go, was done after the chores at home were done. School life and school work was seen as secondary to running the farm or business, and so the results of that were children with restricted learning opportunities.
So much has changed to help children today that we are now seeing the results of that everywhere we look. I think it's wonderful.
Today, as a child, it's ok to show an adult they are wrong. In the early days you dare not do that for fear of embarrassing them and then the consequences of that.
Disciplining of our children has changed, we can no longer beat them or threaten to beat them. The result is our children are far less fearful of the adults around them and so they are instantly open to more learning opportunities because their mind is no longer shutdown, fearful or they are no longer apprehensive.
Children in the early days were very restricted in what they could learn. Survival was very much still at the top of most families thoughts and activities, so everything they did centered around making it through to the next day. The early child's day was full of chores and any school work they got, if they were lucky enough to go, was done after the chores at home were done. School life and school work was seen as secondary to running the farm or business, and so the results of that were children with restricted learning opportunities.
So much has changed to help children today that we are now seeing the results of that everywhere we look. I think it's wonderful.