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So yes, I thank you for that today, but I am sure it could have been done differently.

Was my grandfather’s way pedagogically valuable? I don’t think so.

It’s about a one-sided information to the parents, who currently have to massively homeschool their children at home. Who are basically the teachers and have to convey the content with their methodology. It’s simply not enough to just slap down sheets and say: write this down 3 times.

When I read some books on needs-oriented education, I want to run crying into the wall. There are some very good basic books about children’s psychology, which are then applied biblically by the parents. The fact that there must be a middle way, which also does not forget the parents and their needs ;), is often forgotten.

But it shows how insecure many parents are when it comes to the soul’s wellbeing of their treasures. Since it is mainly about my generation, I like to joke that it is also due to the upbringing of the children of the post-war generation. But that would certainly be too shortsighted.

That, however, is the job of the parents,

I understand that, but at the moment I often lack the idea of how it could be done "differently" because in my opinion, as so often, it is simply overdone in the other direction. And... I am by no means a representative of the tough-guy faction.

I also experienced that it was difficult for me to be consistent or "felt" harsh. As preparation for life, I think it should be done more often, not harsh like John Wayne but clear and consistent. Today I often ask myself WHAT, measured against the target, is pedagogically really valuable.

I absolutely understand that for this situation, I probably misunderstood it then. My strange experiences also come from the pre-Corona period. I hear from my wife’s school that the institution there is rather loose. The individual colleagues are often willing and active, the system brakes or rather its vassals do.

Absolute agreement on my part. I have already mentioned Jesper Juul once, whose books or rather whose philosophy in my opinion should be applied more. I remember a well-known child educator who said exaggeratedly in an interview that he had a great childhood because his parents hardly had time. I can imagine the playground experience 1:1 :D :D :D and that at first one seems too harsh to oneself. But you describe exactly what I want to portray, maybe somewhat exaggerated. I have often "worked" with children or rather teenagers and therefore know some results of education without such learning experiences. Exactly that then struck me very clearly as a random teacher. We had children from good homes who couldn’t tie their shoes in 6th grade or were completely overwhelmed by the simplest manual tasks, which caused them to rebel. That was shocking and sad for me at the same time.

I experienced an upbringing of the war generation and am still amazed today how my parents with their terrible experiences could convey such a positive attitude towards life to me. Beatings or similar, like with some others, did not happen in our house, rather sometimes a firm "slap" from the school dentist or a "push" from the pastor; telling at home made little sense because of fear of them. A "healthier" mix would be preferable for me nowadays... but who asks me anyway :D :D :D What’s important is: Today I have a wonderful relationship with my long grown-up boys, and they would endorse this attitude, including yours, in the same way!

The sentence "He is old enough and MUST (damn well) take care of it himself" is said in some families at the age of 12 when a teacher points out that the school materials are never together at school. These children usually have Velcro fasteners and cannot read the analog clock (which then falls away as an example in fraction calculation). THEY HAVE to do it themselves... I could puke. Sorry

Some, however, spoil their children almost until puberty, then realize that they can no longer do it and that the offspring become increasingly ungrateful, and suddenly the child is old enough to manage their own stuff.