Question

Discuss techniques that encourage self -direction from the book "Raising children who think for themselves " by Elisa Medhus

Answer 1

Introduction- Rising Children who thinks for themselves, is a practical book which offers a new approach to parenting.

Children who externally directed make the decision based on their peer group, violent movies, sexually explicit television shows and rap lyrics that permeate their lives.

Techniques to encourage self-direction children- When Children are self-directed, they use their power to solve problems independently. According to the author, we can use multiple techniques that help us to the effective parenting of self-directed children.

1- Parent must identify the essential qualities of the Self-directed child. These qualities will help the parent to understand the source of learning.

2- Modify the environment according to the child need rather than the parent’s comfort.

3- Self-directed children need more attention than normal children because they believe that they can handle the situation but parents need to look close without any interference but make them feel supported.

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