A TIME FOR TREADING WHEAT
Children's Day leads me to think about how
children should be brought up. Today it
is said that parents are too intent on pleasing their children by doing
everything for them. For the purpose of
promoting strong and healthy mind and body for their children, parents should
take time to discuss child-rearing difficulties with other parents and even
other parents' problems.
A farmer once told me, "There is time for
treading wheat. When it is downtrodden
at a particular time, it grows back stronger and is able to withstand bad
weather. But if it has already grown
tall and thin, treading is unadvisable.
The wheat will not recover from the treading and most likely dies."
It is true that it is necessary to
encourage our children with prizes. However, too much undue prizes, refraining
from scolding and/or children when warranted will surely spoil them. If children are spoiled, they will not be
able to cope with the difficulties that will confront them later in their
lives. Grown-ups who are not capable
enough to take care of themselves will not be relied on by others. We must not overly pamper and spoil our
children.
