Mother and Child

We all know that most of the parents want only the best for their children. But even parents make mistakes and especially when raising their children. Many of the mistakes they make, of course, are caused by too much love, concern, affection, care and sometimes ignorance.

One of the mistakes that parents make is nursing the child to an exaggerated extend. Mothers tend to be excessively protective with their children. Parents that do this, only develop their child’s fear. Parents who encourage their children to face the world, increase their self confidence.

Another mistake that most parents make is to involve their children in too many activities from an early age. They try to keep their children busy all the time and to achieve more and more knowledge about everything. Usually the child feels overwhelmed by all these activities.

Specialists say that one of the worst mistakes that parents can make is for them to expect the child to fulfill their dreams. Although parents try to form their child’s personality, the only thing they can do is to shape it and not build it. Every child is born with a character and a personality. Parents should try NOT to impose their own goals and dreams on their chidren’s life.

One of the best piece of advice that a parent could follow is to be their child’s best friend.

Internet Child

The Internet has become the fastest means of communication. People of all ages communicate to each other by Internet. Is the Internet the new way of making friends or just a way that leads to isolation and alienation?

From one generation to another, friendship acquires new values. Some time ago, when a boy wanted to tell a girl that he was in love with her, he would write a little note and put it in her backpack. This was happening a few generations ago. Teenagers back then, used to go to the cinema, used to play football in the backyard or used to go to the park and take long walks. 

Girls, on the other hand, used to go at one another’s houses and talk about everything that was important in their life. Younger children used to get together outside and play until late at night, when parents had to drag them home. How many children do you see nowadays playing in the park, or playing football in the backyard? Or haw many little girls go out with their dolls and carpets to play outside on the grass? Unfortunately, none…

Today’s children and teenagers communicate to each other via Internet, very fast and constraint by time or distances. Nowadays there’s no need to go out for a drink with your friends in order to talk to them. Just a buzz and an “ r u there?” is enough to start a conversation.

But is this enough? Do children really make friends by using the Internet? Actually, it has been proven, that the Internet leads to loneliness, isolation and even alienation. Why is that? Because there is no face-to-face contact, there is no hand shaking and because sitting in front of a computer obliges you to stay indoors and not have any live human contact.

Where is the fun in that? Where is the physical and intellectual activity in that? Where is the skin-on-skin contact? Where is the real friendship? Are true friends behind an “asl pls”?…