If you have ever wondered how to help your kids succeed in school, you are at the right place. Your children are about to experience a better academic performance.
Let me begin by saying that Charity begins at home, not in the house.
We all want the best for our children ; want them to achieve what we could not achieve in our time. But action needs passion or it will be sanctioned. To achieve this, you need to put in some work; get ready for work.
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Help Your Children To Do Well In School
Below are the five ways you can be involved in your children’s education. Do not forget number four (4).
1. COMMUNICATION:
Communication is one of the best ways to help your children succeed academically.
You should know how they are feeling and what they need. Don’t be too harsh to them.
Only God knows what we hide from you just because we are afraid to tell you. We know doing that might be another ‘World war!’.
These are the things that eventually turn out to harm us. Learn to have a strong relationship with your children. Relationship is like having relations in a ship. Your exit might just be the beginning of ship wreck.
Call them and ask them questions once in a while have a parent-to-child talk.
Ensure they are in peek condition in order to learn. Do “collabo” with them.
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2. ENCOURAGE THEM:
Encouraging your children is another way to get them excited about their academics.
Reward their academic performance. Of course, this is going to make them try harder in the future.
If you don’t seem to care then they will be less likely to themselves. Give them hope.
3. LEARN TO TOLERATE YOUR KIDS:
When you discover that they did not perform well in a particular term/semester, do not class them as failures because it will kill their morale. Rather, let them see reasons why they should do better in the future.
After all, failure is just an event. With this singular act, you will be amazed how they will improve.
4. SURPRISE THEM:
When you surprise them once in a while by buying them gifts or taking them out, they will in turn surprise you too.
This is because for every action, there is an equal reaction. This reaction in this case might be boosting their academic performance.
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5. SPEAK INTO THEIR LIVES:
You don’t see words but they control you. The quality of the words you speak into their lives will go a long way to determine the kind of life they will live in school.
Your words can either shape or destroy their future. So cultivate the habit of speaking words into their lives.
Remember: Telling yourself the truth is honesty but telling others is integrity; if you have not done your part, then don’t complain.
Be a model to your children. But if the foundation is destroyed, what can the children do?
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