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Why are our parents very important in our lives?
Parental love is the only love that is truly selfless, unconditional and forgiving.
. Dr T.P. Chia
The role of parents and educators
Parents and educators support children’s social and emotional development every day through their responses and their example of how to behave with other people.
Children are not born knowing how to behave and to get on with others. They learn this gradually over time in nurturing environments.
Providing a model of appropriate behaviour
Children are very observant. If you act in a way that you want children to behave, they learn just from watching.
Provide a good example for your child in the way you deal with other people, express your feelings, resolve conflicts and solve problems.
While each child has an individual temperament, home and early education environments have a strong influence on children. Adults and other children provide a role model for children’s social and emotional skill development.
Children who do not see positive examples of joining in, sharing, compromising, solving problems and dealing with conflict may have difficulty getting on with other children…
