'Be Involved In Your Children's Schoolwork'When fathers show an interest in their children's schoolwork, and help them sometimes with their homework, it sends a signal to the child that this area is one of importance. This will help to keep the child motivated at school, and focussed on achieving their best, because they know that 'Dad is interested'.
Showing an interest in how they are going in their school subjects, can be as easy as asking over a meal, or encouraging them when they have showed an improvement. It may also uncover areas that they may struggle with in school, which can give rise to an opportunity to discuss this with a teacher, or to seek out some extra tutoring if possible. Like most things in life, it is easier if the children experience their fathers interest in their schoolwork at an early age, and develop an open dialogue within the family around the subject of schoolwork. This can head off many potential misunderstandings and frustrations as the children grow, and the school workload does too.
It is not possible to accurately measure the power of a kind or encouraging word, to a child or young person, but ask yourself this question "Can you remember something someone said to you when you were a child". Showing interest in your child's schooling can sometimes make a tremendous difference in a young life, and reap benefits for many generations to come.
Warm Regards
John Nolan
Dads Uni Suggested Action:
Show an interest regularly in the kid's schoolwork, and assist them in anyway you can. |
(Deuteronomy 6 v6)
6"And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. |
