In
the 1950s, during the height of America’s post-war Baby Boom, children
were crammed into what today would be considered “criminally
overcrowded” classrooms. It was not unusual to find one teacher
teaching 40 or 50 elementary-age children…by herself, with no aide. Yet
children at every grade were achieving at considerably higher levels
than are today’s kids, kids who rarely attend an elementary class of
more than 25 children taught by a teacher and an aide. How
was this possible? The answer: By the time the child of the ‘50s came
to first grade, he had been taught, in the home, by his parents, the
“Three R’s” of Respect for legitimate adult authority, a willingness to
accept Responsibility, and a Resourceful attitude toward challenge. As
a consequence, the ‘50s child (and children in all generations prior)
came to school having learned to pay attention to adults, accept
assignment, and do his or her best—a virtually fail-safe formula for
school success.
John shares the nuts and
bolts of this traditional child rearing formula with today’s parents,
empowering them to go home and empower their children for life-long
achievement.
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