by G. C. Langley

Created on: March 18, 2009

Pushing Your Kids to Succeed is the Very Purpose of Life and Existence as a Parent!

Push your kids to succeed with all the verve that you can muster. It is never too early and/or for that matter too late. It is just that you do indeed install in them an understanding of what success really is. Success is you see one of those things most mis-understood in this fast paced modern lifestyle where you can see an Icon of the media exalted one day and reviled the next literally! We have all had this experience so admit it.

Now think of how to explain the same experience to a poor innocent child just coming to bare with his own powers of intellect, analysis, and judgement. You know what happens! He is lost completely even if just for the moment. And you have got to come to the rescue with words like thank 'God' that didn't happen to us. And remind him that it really is not something that concerns him and to let it go and move on. Hoping of course that he will and terrified that he wont. And at the same time hedging on whether or not you'll know what to do if he did come to you.

These decisions are critical and can steer a young mind considerably. The youth must now figure out the pro's and con's of the situation. The good the bad and the ugly, sort out any altruistic value and even eventually pass judgement. All these things will influence all future decision making processes since this process is still aworks in progress'. And the efficacy of this process is dependant on what you have taught him over the years leading up till now. Since this extends back to infancy can you really instill these values in a pre-school-er? I know some say yes to this but I beg to differ!

This kind of rationalization just doesn't exist in the pre-pubescent individual. You see that is a part of 'Puberty', the arrival of the intellect and all other is what is called the 'Human animal'. Yes this individual can still be trained like an animal or even honed on certain talents or given true skills of sorts. These are in truth the result of the skill of the teacher and not the response of the student. And most certainly don't let this be considered a sign of talent in the child either. All is derived in the adult/s responsible.

By no means let me give you the impression that there's no hope for the younger set. I am just saying get it right the first time around. There are indeed ways of getting the younger set to learn those values we hold so important and necessary. Learn these methods and

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