| Growing up in an environment full of authority figures | | | | they are not performing according to the standards of |
| creates experiences that may put more harm than | | | | the parents (which are usually the standards of the |
| good things for the children. Ordering the children to do | | | | school and the teachers), the children receive unkindly |
| this and that, and don't do this and that is one example | | | | remarks or even punishment. The children are |
| of how authority figures tend to manipulate the young | | | | compared openly with sibling, relatives or other children. |
| minds. | | | | If the other child is performing well than the other, the |
| Parents and all adults in the house who think that they | | | | latter receive more scolding. Parents usually defend |
| are more knowledgeable and more experienced than | | | | their arguments by saying they are only after the good |
| the children are providing argument that is rapidly | | | | of their children. |
| becoming obsolete. Age and education do not always | | | | The negative words parents say to their children only |
| provide the best measurement to gauge one's | | | | belittle them and make them feel inferior. Growing up, |
| intelligence and wisdom. As more and more intelligent if | | | | they would find it difficult to build themselves and trust |
| not fully gifted children are born every day, grown-ups | | | | people, try new things and face challenges of the ever |
| are often lost for the best reason to stop whatever | | | | changing world. Any loving parent would not want this. |
| "unlikely thing" a child is doing. Of course, an unlikely | | | | If the child is not performing well in school, there is |
| thing for an adult is usually the best thing for a child. | | | | definitely something that a responsible loving parent |
| Many parents would like to see their children excel in | | | | should try to know about the child. The child maybe |
| school. In their excitement to raise highly intelligent | | | | experiencing trauma from school or from the |
| children, they choose the best and often expensive | | | | immediate environment; feeling some pain or any form |
| school, hire tutors or exert additional time teaching their | | | | of sickness; having more fun with non-academic |
| children. They do everything to be proud of their | | | | activities such as sports; or maybe too active to |
| children. | | | | withstand formal schooling. Whatever the reason is, |
| However, most parents only think of intelligence in the | | | | the parent has to understand and support the child in |
| academic sense. Marks and grades have become | | | | whatever way possible. Some tips on this will be |
| their way of measuring the children's development. If | | | | shared in the next article. |