Generally speaking, parents are role models for their children. No matter whether parents care or not, you are setting an example for children, because children's nature is observation and learning through imitation. It can be seen that the most important mission for parents to educate their children is to set an example. Success is success, failure is failure. During the epidemic prevention and control, it is a challenge to set a good example for parents. For example, do you abide by the relevant government regulations on epidemic prevention? Do you wear a mask when you go out? Have you voluntarily declared which city you have been to or what means of transportation you have taken? Do you have the courage to go when you are needed to support the front line of epidemic prevention? Wait a minute. When parents are doing it, don't forget to have a pair of bright eyes behind them. That is the observation and judgment of children, which is the most profound family influence.
Second, parents should give their children a positive explanation. Almost every child is a "little question mark" because he likes observation and curiosity but lacks knowledge and experience. Usually, there are many problems. Can there be more questions when disaster comes? Therefore, parents during epidemic prevention need to explain what happened to their children most, and how to explain it is a test of parents' level. Don't blindfold children in the face of disaster, tell them the truth accurately. Some parents may worry about scaring their children, or think that their children are too young to talk too much to them. In fact, children are very understanding and accepting, and they have the right to know the truth. The difficulty is that in the internet age, information is flying all over the sky, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. This requires constantly improving media literacy and guiding children to choose true and accurate information released by professional institutions. For example, patiently telling children what novel coronavirus is. How did it happen? By what means? How to effectively prevent it? What information is false? Wait a minute.
Now the media is developed and the amount of information is huge, so it is not difficult for concerned parents to collect it, because they also need to know. It is also a simple and effective way to collect information and analyze and discuss with children. The knowledge learned in this way really benefits children. What is more important is how to explain, or what attitude to take, which is even more important than acquiring knowledge. Good parents need to give their children a scientific and positive explanation, not a blind and negative explanation, in order to eliminate their panic. There is a concept in positive psychology called explanatory style. The positive interpretation style is to interpret difficulties as temporary, accidental and impersonal, and think that difficulties can be changed. The negative interpretation style is to interpret the difficulties as permanent, universal and personalized, and think that the difficulties are unchangeable. Positive explanation leads to self-confidence and optimism, while negative explanation leads to pessimism and despair, especially for children. Obviously, a positive explanation is both practical and optimistic. The same is true for epidemic prevention and control. Don't complain and be pessimistic and disappointed in front of children. But to tell children that as long as there is a scientific attitude and Qi Xin makes concerted efforts, the epidemic can be prevented and everything will be fine.
In the positive explanation, what is particularly worth discussing with the children is the brave and responsible spirit of a large number of excellent doctors such as Zhong Nanshan and the selfless help from all over the country. These are excellent example education and realistic values.
Third, staying at home for a long time also requires a colorful life. During the period of epidemic prevention and control, the best countermeasure is to live at home as much as possible and reduce going out, especially in places where there are not many people. This is not only to protect ourselves, but also to care for others and society. However, this life is too long for many adults, especially active children. In fact, family life is endless, and if it is arranged properly, it is entirely possible to have a wonderful and beneficial time. In fact, the essential feature of family education is life education. As the famous educator Tao Xingzhi said, a good life is a good education, and a bad life is a bad education. Therefore, we can arrange a variety of family life, such as reading, writing, games, sports, housework, artistic creation and so on. Staying at home for a long time, if you can learn to cook and wash clothes, your child will benefit for life. A large number of investigations and studies at home and abroad have proved that people who develop work habits in childhood are more likely to have a sense of responsibility and adapt to the needs of family life and workplace when they grow up, while people who don't love work are just the opposite, and are more likely to become losers in life and workplace. Many parents may be afraid of delaying their children's study. Actually, this is a problem that can be solved. For example, President Dou Guimei of the primary school attached to Tsinghua recently suggested to parents that the study should be turned into a classroom, the living room should be used as a playground, and the learning place should be creatively arranged to build a learning organization of a small family school, so as to study very hard with children in extraordinary times. In fact, the Internet era has already met the conditions for online learning. From the Ministry of Education to all levels of education departments and schools, online learning has been adopted. It can even be said that online learning will become an increasingly important way of learning. If it is closely combined with life education, children will have stronger ability to adapt to the future.
Fourth, good habits make children happy all their lives. We have every reason to believe that the epidemic prevention and control will eventually win, and people will regain the freedom to travel, work and study. However, will many efforts during the epidemic prevention and control become unnecessary? In that case, we may make the same mistake again. In other words, even if the epidemic has passed, parents should set a good example for their children, adhere to a positive interpretation style, and make family life colorful. The key to all this lies in the habits of the whole family. Educator Ye Shengtao said well that children's education is to cultivate good habits. Habit is a stable and automatic behavior.