Accompany your child while reading

Author: Lin Ge
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: True education is an invisible education, an education of the environment, and an education through the parents' own actions. Lecturing is often useless. Building a good parent-child relationship and creating a family atmosphere rich in literary charm are the primary issues of family education. One of the best methods is: reading with your child. The proposal of this concept should be a transformation in educational philosophy, at least containing the following meanings:
First, the importance of role modeling over words. If parents cultivate the habit of reading, children will be subtly influenced to love reading and can communicate their perspectives on certain matters with their parents.
Second, through reading together, a good parent-child relationship is formed. Accompanying your child in reading means you can get close to their heart, and there is no more effective model than this. We often find that when the relationship with the child is good, education becomes easier to succeed; when the relationship is poor, education becomes more likely to fail.
Third, creating a good intellectual environment. The Soviet writer Pavlenko said, "A family that does not read is a family that is spiritually incomplete." Reading not only allows children to acquire broad knowledge and cultivate their character but also helps them relax, alleviate anxiety, and regulate emotions. These two aspects complement each other, providing fertile ground for the intellectual development of children.