Where does education begin? Parents have equally different approaches on how to inculcate learning to their children. Most parents prefer after-school tutorials, demand academic excellence and expect devotion to the arts while some parents choose home-schooling or even "unschooling."
Education has always been deemed as a powerful tool that opens the mind and creates millions of possibilities. Ambition often fuels parents to implement strict study habits, coupled with private tutorials with formal learning sessions.
Even though parents with higher economic capacity choose to send their children to highly-funded academies, it has been highly noted that some schools lack financial assistance and resources required to aid students in unfavorable circumstances.This variation of parents' decision when it comes to their children's scholastic attainment is spawned by factors such as culture, nationality, income and their very own exploits and background, The Conversation observes.
Parents who are more results-oriented tend to invest on private mentoring in preparation for examinations. A sector of the child-rearing community, however, is resistant to this strategy.
The group of parents who embrace diversity would opt for a school who enlighten kids on social responsibility, independence and individuality. For them, scholastic excellence comes out naturally and should not be strictly reinforced.
A recent survey conducted for Transforming Lives For Good (TLG), an education charity, ranked academic performance as parent's top concern. Out of more than a thousand parents, fifty-two percent are mainly concerned with their children's learning progress, while the remainder is perturbed about bullying and unhappiness in school, The Guardian reports.
Another tactic that parents take into consideration in the now modern world, is what is now regarded as "unschooling." No formal training is needed as children are allowed to educate themselves based on what fascinates them.
In another The Guardian article, Alice Khimasia tells her children's tale of self-motivation and personal exploration. Her four boys make their own projects and focus on their interests without the need for an official agenda or traditional structure.
No matter how this approach stimulates kids to develop a sense of individuality, there are hold-ups that beg some parents to disagree. The contradicting party points out that this type of scheme inhibits development of the youngsters' social skills.
Childrens' education is a principal fraction of parental obligations. No matter how it is tackled, parents need to scan the bigger picture and assess the possible repercussions on the child's future.
