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Advocating For Your Child – Start With Understanding Your Child’s Mind
To be an effective advocate for their children’s talents or disabilities, parents need to understand how their children’s minds work. The human mind is very complex and is a wonder of nature. Scientists who study the brain are making new discoveries every day that help us understand how the mind influences behavior. As a parent, you see your children’s behavior and naturally draw conclusions and label it. If a child is good in science, you say she is smart or gifted. If a child forgets to do his chores, you say he is a procrastinator. You are not alone in labeling your children; other adults such as teachers, coaches, and friends label them every day.
Labeling a child can seem appropriate at the time because you are trying to put into words what you see. However, you really do not know what is actually happening in your children’s minds that contribute to the behavior. So you do your best to generalize and label them based on your limited knowledge.
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Why Write Articles or Advocate for a Worthy Cause
Many writers write articles on the Internet in order to make money. But since they have such a talent, shouldn’t they also be writing an occasional article for a worthy cause? Doesn’t it makes sense to write let’s say one in every ten articles for a worthy endeavor, non-profit group, or as an advocate for a cause?
Recently I had made a pledge to myself to write articles when I had the time for worthy causes. In doing so someone wrote me an email thanking me; the articles I wrote were simple and they were to help the awareness for Autism. So, I replied back to the gentleman with an Autistic Child;
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Being Your Child’s Greatest Advocate
The beginning of the school year brings about many changes in your child’s, and in your, life. Often there are new schools, new classrooms, new teachers, new friends. With these bring immediate and specific concerns: how do I find my way around the school? which adults can I turn to for help? where is the bathroom and how do I ask to use it? who will sit next to me at lunchtime?
As parents, I think our primal reaction is to want to shelter our children from harm, both physical and emotional. We don’t want our kids to feel left out, scared, uncomfortable, and alone. Often, I think this is wrapped up in our own childhood memories of school. I remember being worried about boarding the school bus, and I also remember vividly being the new kid in 5th grade. At age 10, on the precipice of adolescence, I teetered on the edge of being shy and loving to perform. Would I be too nervous to try out for the school play? Would I raise my hand in math class? And more importantly to a pre-teen, with whom would I navigate the friendships in school?
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