Question: 6-year-old niece clamored to buy hamsters, my brother bought it and let her raise it herself, and the result was that the hamster died after not long, is this educational method desirable?
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This method of education exists in many families in China and can be said to be more common.
The child makes a request, and the parent's assessment of the child within the scope of ability to meet the child as much as possible rather than easily denying the practice is worth affirming. On the one hand, this provides an opportunity for her to try to explore the unknown world, and on the other hand, it also helps to explore her true potential and hobbies.
But don't forget, you should get on the horse and give it a ride.
Because she is still a 6-year-old child after all, buying hamsters may be just out of simple liking or a momentary curiosity and freshness, and she has not mastered the correct way to feed hamsters. If she is allowed to raise herself without regard, then raising hamsters to death becomes a high probability event. This is not conducive to the cultivation of her love and sense of responsibility, and it also greatly stifles her motivation and courage to continue to explore the unknown world.
It would be absurd to simply blame her for her lack of responsibility at this point, and it would not lead to deeper thinking.
Has your brother carefully considered and reflected on why hamsters are raised to death? What should I do in this process to help hamsters not be raised to death? Was the death of the hamster caused by the child's lack of responsibility? Does she have to bear the consequences herself?
These many questions, I am afraid that I can not easily pat my head to conclusions.
Tell me about my personal experiences and feelings when I was a child.
When I was 6 years old, my family had a cat, I liked it very much, I often fed it to eat and drink, but once it caught a mouse that ate rat poison, and soon after eating it, the poison attacked, I watched it die in front of me, and the pain, struggle and despair in its eyes I still remember clearly, it almost became a lifetime of heartache. At that time, I asked my family to find the only veterinarian on our side to see, but unfortunately I did not rescue him.
The next day I buried its stiff body under a tree, and it was snowing heavily that day.
Since then, we haven't had cats in our house, not even other pets, because we don't want to experience that kind of heartache anymore.
Okay, back to the topic we discussed. If your brother buys a hamster, feeds it with the child for a period of time, teaches the child the correct feeding method by self-teaching, which may be the best way to educate. Why do you say that, you see, in this process, there are at least four benefits:
1. Your brother has increased some knowledge through self-study, broadened his horizons, and improved himself;
2. Accompany children to grow up and explore together, which is of great benefit to the cultivation of parent-child relationship;
3. After the correct counseling and encouragement and support, the child will be more confident in doing things, and the potential will be more easily stimulated. Then, her chances of success in raising hamsters will be greatly improved;
4. Even after working together, the hamster could not be fed, but in the process cultivated her love and irresponsibility, but also let her understand that everything to do, although the ultimate goal was not achieved, but there is no regret in life.
So many seemingly inconspicuous little things are opportunities for us to sublimate and reinvent ourselves. Raising children is not simply material satisfaction, nor is it laissez-faire, but more should be physical, mental and spiritual enlightenment and encouragement.
If children are well trained and educated, there will be unlimited possibilities in the future.
Life is used to constantly try and explore, life is short, we should make it as colorful as possible, you say?
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