Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Trouble Two, Horrible Three?

常言道:「Trouble Two, Horrible Three」這是家長之間有感而發的說話。我在想,孩子為什麼會給父母麻煩,到三歲時更甚呢?

當感到孩子給自己麻煩,首先問自己,是因為什麼覺得自己的孩子麻煩,是因為坐不定?因為多問題問自己?還是老是找自己去玩。我相信兩歲起,小朋友開始有自己的思想,有自己的想法,更重要的是他們開始會向父母提出。小朋友懂得去為自己思考,是成長中一個很重要的要素,而小朋友要提出意見,則要對自己所說的話有信心。所以我的做法是,孩子會去為自己去思考,是值得鼓勵的,如果他們思考得不好,父母則應教他們如何去思考,和跟他們提出他們沒有想到的論點。如果小朋友想出來的做法,雖跟父母不同,但無傷大雅,我覺得父母也應讓孩子去做決定,以作鼓勵,同時,孩子亦會從他們自己的決定中學到,自己的決定得出什麼的結果,這比家長老是不準孩子怎樣做,只是講原因,更甚是連原因也不說。如果父母每每為孩子去做每一個決定,久而久之,孩子便沒有原動力去思考,反正父母不會理會,以後,他們也不會嘗試去想,形成依賴的性格。

當小朋友可以為自己作決定,感覺上好像是大哥哥,大姐姐,這可以增加孩子的自信心。反之,孩子之所以反叛,我覺得有時是因為他們要告訴別人,他們成長了,他們可以自己做決定,就算那決定是錯,他們覺得告訴別人他們可以做決定這個短期感覺,比這個決定的遠期結果重要;當家長覺得這個決定不好,便大大施壓去阻止孩子,小時候,孩子到最後,沒有朋友支持,沒有經濟能力,還得聽從大人的決定,死死氣去接受。但可以想像,到十多歲時,孩子聽到朋友的意見,回家想自己決定跟從朋友的建議,家長不肯,孩子這時的反抗便會被迫出來,家長便會覺得孩子很反叛,不聽自己說話,孩子會覺得父母不聽自己的說話,有代溝,父母不明白自己。

當我想到,其實孩子的反叛是因為他們要向大人表達或證明他們已長大,所以有時我會跟女兒說:「現在囡囡還小,有很多因素不懂得去考慮,但爹爹會慢慢教你,到你越來越懂得思考,懂得去想前因後果,將來越來越多的事情,爹爹便只會給你意見,最後由你自己去決定了。」當孩子明白父母不是蠻不講理,也明白父母的決定是因為他們想到有什麼大問題,而他們想不到,他們對父母的決定便會比較容易接受,而他們也可以從中學到父母是怎樣去做決定的。到孩子明白他們其實是可以為自己做決定,到他們十多歲時,他們就算聽到朋友什麼的建議,他們便不會只想到要去回家自己做決定來示威,反過來,他們已習慣理性思考,和家人商量,到時,便不會覺得孩子是進入了什麼反叛期了。

1 comment:

Lydia said...

So good to see someone have similar opinion about kids' behaviour and cannot help to leave some words.

If parents willing to treat kids the way as the method they treat adults, then they maybe find that「Trouble Two, Horrible Three」not exist anymore.

My learning from my girl who is exactly at such a stage is that she like 講道理 a lot not really just fuss. hehe, and not feel hard as other parents as we get along with each other very well. Anytime if I willing spend time to convience her by a right way, I can got it. Kids just like to be respected and be told in advance because they are kind of stubborn and hope things can happen as they can understand. That is all.

On the other hand, if in parents' mind, the kids should only follow all their orders with no doudt, then they must be disappointed and think kids are trouble. Kids have their own thoughts already.

I think kids at this stage like to express their own opinions a lot and hope adults can accept it as well. It is quite a good time for them to built up or improve their 決定力. The popular words my girl like to say at this stage is, "I growed up already......""Let me help u........""Let me think a way to handle....." She enjoy joining the things happened around even houseworks so much and built self-confidence by that way. From my observation, I know while most parents expected their kids spend the time on learning special skills, in fact the kids just hope to get close to the nature and enjoy daily life more~~~for instance, my girl felt so proud of herself while she could fix the screw of the chair~~~haha~~

hehe, so my dream is still hope my girl can have a happy childhood, and hope I can be her friend forever~~~~

haha, but maybe have to change my mind to "push" her after P1 as have to face to the reality~~haha, poor parents nowadays include me~~~~