|
|
Assessing Your Coaching Skills |
|
As a coach, you can play a powerful role in helping your child develop good learning skills and attitudes for lifelong success. There's no need to become a school teacher to your child, but building a good relationship as collaborators in the learning process can be productive and enjoyable for both you and your youngster. Even the most skilled teachers and tutors often have trouble helping their own children with schoolwork. Because we care so much about how our children do in school, it's easy to fall into several dangerous traps. Instead of coaching, we may try to get overly involved, bossy, or demanding. Learning doesn't need to become a family battleground. Next time you coach your child as he does homework, reflect on how successful you were in using the following approaches. Work on incorporating more and more of these proven strategies over time. Mark an "E" for excellent, "S" for satisfactory, or "N" for needs work:
What will you do to improve your coaching next time? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Modified and adapted with permission from: Helping Your Child Succeed in School: A Guide for Parents of 4 to 14 Year Olds, by Popkin, Youngs, and Healy, Active Parenting Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia, 1995. Refer to this excellent resource for more in-depth information. |
Back to Supporting Your Child's Schooling at Home |
|
|