Parent\'s high expectation和孩子的压力
(2009-10-29 07:04:46)
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昨晚到家,儿子已经随老妈去练跆拳道了。老爸一个人在家准备晚饭。晚饭刚准备完,就听见儿子开门,随即是兴奋的叫声:“Dad, do you want to see my science test? You will have to sign."
"Of course, let me take a look."
儿子从书包里拿出考试圈子--A+和老师的评语”Awesome"。关于太阳系的science考试,25题全对。儿子的得意溢于言表。老爸表扬了一句:”Good job! keep working hard. You see, you are doing much better than at the beginning of this semester."
吃完饭,老爸洗完碗,和儿子坐下来,检查儿子一天的作业,帮助儿子完成homework,这是每天必需的程序,还要签字。等看到儿子带回来的有关太阳系的classwork folder的时候,老爸看到老师的叉叉,还没来得及问儿子呢,儿子一把抢过去,说:“Let me look first, dad." 自己跑到沙发上,离老爸老妈远远的。看完了,就想放回书包。
老爸说:”Son, it is ok to make mistakes. Everybody make mistakes. As a matter of fact, every time you make a mistake, you learn from it. So it is not bad at all if you learn from your mistakes."
儿子不自然的还给老爸。老爸看了一下:一张是老爸上次和儿子一起作的时候,老爸也不知道答案,让儿子去问老师的。儿子说问过了,但不记得老师怎么说的,就随便填;另一张是太阳地球形成的阴影的图像,儿子把两个名词搞反了。但后面这个,老爸一想,真要明白这个,还需要空间想象力和光学的基本原理呢,要他懂,还不容易呢。就提醒儿子第一个问题他该再问老师,第二个是他把名词搞反了,看看定义就行。儿子答应知道了,就没再说下去。
上床了。老妈说,儿子怎么会这样呢?好的马上拿出来给父母看;不好的就想藏起来,不让父母知道,以前好像不这样的。老爸说:人家其实很在乎爸爸妈妈。爸爸妈妈对他期望高,但又love他,他可不想让爸爸妈妈失望。以前没有考试,每次期中期末带回来的都是A+,你哪有机会看他这种表现。
想起了儿子这个学期刚开始的时候,太多的frustration,俺和钢琴老师交流,钢琴老师的email里的话:I know all you Chinese parents have high expectation to your kids. It is not a bad thing at all. Myself have high expectation to my kids, too. However, this is a big pressure to your kids because they do not want to fail you. Don;t always go negative if your kid fail occasionally. They are trying their best to please you.
俺还在学。要改变作父母的思维方式,也不是一件容易的事。但换位思考一下,知道孩子在努力“讨好”父母的话,也许父母能克制得多一些。
(10/29/2009)