Knowing emotional abuse

Parents discipline their child for them to know what is right from wrong, and to be responsible individuals as early as posssible. It is also natural for kids to be scolded for their wrongdoings. These disciplinary actions have certain boundaries and if parents knowingly or unknowingly cross that boundary, that is where emotional abuse comes in.
At their tender age, children are sensitive and give their trust easily. They trust their parents more than any other people in their life. But if the people they put their trust to are the people that would abuse them, they will carry it’s scar emotionally when they grow up. Emotional abuse affects a child’s self esteem and confidence. He/ She will not be a balance person specially when dealing with other people.
Parents who do not know if their kind of discipline affects their child emotionally must seek expert counsel. This will enable them to understand their child more and learn ways of how to discipline them without torturing their emotions.

The Cost of Learning

In his article in the Filipinas Herald, writer and father Aurelio Peña shared his experiences when his son studied in a private Catholic school. He said that at the time his son was about to take the final examination, the school authorities said that they have an outstanding balance of 8,000 pesos. The amount should be paid for immediately or his kid could not take the final exam. He begged that he’d be allowedto pay the balance after the exam but the nuns told him that it was the school policy. The same thing happened to them in another Catholic school.
The writer argued that Catholic schools must live up to their name and show more compassion to those parents who could not beat their deadline. There are parents who just barely have enough for the tuition fee of their kids and they should be given ample time to pay for the balance.
Jesus Christ preached and taught us to love one another as he had loved us. In Mr. Peña’s experience with a Christian school, did he feel that love? Did his innocent kid feel that love?

Going to Church

Yesterday, my wife, my daughter and I went to church. We brought her with us because her nanny is sick. She is always excited when she has to dress up and go out of the house. When we left the house, she looked very happy and bade farewell to the neighbors.
In the church, she was restless, as usual. Seeing other kids running around the church ground, she couldn’t wait to get down and play with them. It was a few minutes before the start of the worship and she was happily playing with other kids her own age. Sweat was running down on her face, we tried to stop her because the worship was to start any moment.
It was the start of the problem. She would not stop and she cried after we stopped her. It was very hard to pacify her. She cried so loud that the church officer signal us to stop her from crying. After much pampering and convincing, she finally stopped crying and started to yawn. In a matter of minutes she fell asleep and our worship was undisturbed until she woke up at the end.

Kids love puppies

Recently, our pet dog gave birth to four lovely puppies but one died after three days. It was the smallest one and already weak when it was born. After three weeks, the puppies have grown and they are all over the place.
My one and a half year old daughter is very fond of them. She always like to cuddle the puppies. I would brought her to them in the morning when she wakes up and she would play with them for hours. The interaction between kids and puppies is worth observing because both are babies that barely came out of this world. Their awkward movements are fun to watch and their innocence of the world is almost the same.
Exposing kids to animals is one way of instilling into them that all life on earth is precious and must be taken care of. We are all god’s creature, big or smalll so we are entitled to be respected and be given our space in this magnificent world.

Wonder Mom

Recently, Mcdonald’s honored “Wonder Mom” together with a local network. It’s a program that honors ideal mothers. Mothers who work for their family and for the community as well. The awardee was given gifts and livelihood package in a ceremony held in one of Mcdonald’s outlets. Her kids and other fellow mothers with their kids were there to witness the occassion and celebrate with her.
Mrs. Renalie Ignacio was the awardee. She is a street sweeper and also sells plastics, and other things with value from the garbage she collects everyday. She helps her husband with her job to make both ends meet. Aside from being a working mother, she is also a volunteer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. As a volunteer, her job is to make it sure that relief goods and other govrnment subsidies reach the poor people in her community. Renalie is doing this because one of her child was the recipient of the DSWD’S help when the child got sick. From then on, she always volunteer for the agency’s projects. Renalie is truly a model mom.

Playing with your child

Kids are playful beings. They spend much of their time playing and eating. My daughter is one and a half years old. Like other normal kids, she is playful, full of enthusiasm and energy. She has learned many things through the people around him, through the television, and from us, her parents.
I like spending time to play with my little daughter. I usually get her toys and play with it with her. I liked it when I tickle her and she giggles. It takes away my tiredness, forget about my problems and other uncertainties in life. I also learn about her growing up period and being there to shape her as a good person is the most important thing to me.
Playing is just a stage in a child’s life and pretty soon she will grow up and will meet many people in the real world. This is a precious time to spend with her at this moment when all she wants to do is to play.