90% of parents want school guidance on bringing up, understanding kids
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Vinamrata Borwankar|Mumbai:
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Lost in the sea of
information, a lot of which may be irrelevant, nearly 90% of parents in
the city look to schools for guidance on how to bring up their young
children and understanding them, a recent survey has revealed. The
survey of 1,600 parents of children up to the age of six years in Mumbai
found that 70% of them do not depend on websites. For, over 57% of them
felt the information available online is not culturally relevant or
personalized.
Alarge number of them depend on traditional ways to learn parenting: 34% often imita te their parents' style, while 25% learnt from their friends and community . Only about 4% always used books, while 49% said they sometimes read up on the issue. Probably as a result of this, most parents want schools to play an integral part in shaping the children and understanding them. While 87% of them felt schools should help them through reading material, seminars and open houses, 67% felt there must be a course in parenting. “The values and morals of the children depend on the parenting style of the parents. The child must be able to understand what is allowed and what is not at all times,“ said Swati Popat Vats of BornSmart, an online parent-toddler programme platform that conducted the survey .
Some schools said they were already helping parents.“We have workshops regularly for parents of students in the pre-primary and primary sections. It helps them understand their child's needs better,“ said Father Francis Swamy , principal, St Mary's ICSE, Mazgaon.
Alarge number of them depend on traditional ways to learn parenting: 34% often imita te their parents' style, while 25% learnt from their friends and community . Only about 4% always used books, while 49% said they sometimes read up on the issue. Probably as a result of this, most parents want schools to play an integral part in shaping the children and understanding them. While 87% of them felt schools should help them through reading material, seminars and open houses, 67% felt there must be a course in parenting. “The values and morals of the children depend on the parenting style of the parents. The child must be able to understand what is allowed and what is not at all times,“ said Swati Popat Vats of BornSmart, an online parent-toddler programme platform that conducted the survey .
Some schools said they were already helping parents.“We have workshops regularly for parents of students in the pre-primary and primary sections. It helps them understand their child's needs better,“ said Father Francis Swamy , principal, St Mary's ICSE, Mazgaon.
Source: Nov 14 2016
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The Times of India
(NaviMumbai)
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