Teaching through effort or teaching through skills?
Teaching through effort or teaching through skills? Is my child doing enough? Should I really be giving him this reward because he didn't really do what I was thinking? This is something that parents have asked themselves for decades as time has rolled on. With everything we have now relating to participation trophy's and ceremonies for those who did not even meet the requirements that we have set for them. Are we really doing kids a favor or are we just giving in to avoid hurting feelings. When we talk about efforts that kids can make, we often think of some sort of work being done. Something that took a lot of time to do or create. This effort has been taught to us as kids as a way of reinforcing the age old concept that when you put forth effort, you will be rewarded for the work you have done. This is only half of and accurate concept and the other half, I believe is grossly understated. There has to be some quality and skill in the work that is being completed. To have s...