The Parental Model

(Adapted from Paulo Freire’s Five Standards)
Excerpt from Natural Success, By The Rev. Gilberto Rosado, Chapter 5 – Child Nurturing
Applied to the family setting, the five standards would be:

1. Parents and child working together in all things of the family and the household - Involving the child in all areas and exposing them to decision-making processes allows the child to learn how to deal with problems of life and to solve them.  If the parents are skilled at problem-solving the child will learn these proclivities as well.  All parents should seek the aid of a cognitive mentor in order to ensure that they are modeling correctly for their children.




2. Teaching the language of problem solving in life – exposing them to reading relevant to problems being handled in the home or at school.  This is a means to help them both academically and in life-problem solving skills.  The same material they read concerning local family issues can be the basis of their school essay writing and book reports – you kill two birds with one stone.

3. Connecting schoolwork to problems at home and in the neighborhood.  This is a great way to teach children the reasoning of right doing in the home.  They learn that 2+2 =4 in school, but don’t show that reasoning in their behaviors and habits at home.  This also forces the parents to do the same – the original factor in their lack of sense is directly tied to the parent’s lack of it manifestly.

4. Involving children in the “big” decisions of the household allows them to practice their thinking and academic skills to the maximum.  Assigning them to figure out the math to financial / budgeting issues allows them to use their math learning in real life situations.  Even if you have to make up a scenario for them to engage – it is a good practice.  Other issues of life can be introduced by politics, the news, the economy and family issues that come up from time to time.  Even in the child’s own life, there arises great challenges for them that they should be challenged to handle through their learning.

5. Family conferencing concerning the problems of life and allowing the child to opine and challenging them to reason the issues through.  The relationship in the home between parent and child should be one of dialogue.  There should be always a teaching when the child is in the presence of the parent.  The parent must always remember that the child is learning of them.  Modeling and dialogue is key. 

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