Stop talking to children and start Acting. The power in observation. Gardner RH
Why children do not listen. The power of observation. On average, a child hears 80% of does and does not. With the common phrase “do as I say but do not do as I do?” we forget that children learn not be hearing but by observation. They learn from models all around them, on television, in the playing fields, neighbors at school among others. Am sure at one point in life you noticed your boy coming from a school with imaginary gestures of Spiderman, Captain America, or even soldiers yet there is no such character in the house or even neighborhood. You now know where they picked them. I once heard my seven-year-old daughter sing; “How far I’ll Go” song in Moana movies, I could not believe, so calm composed with the right pronunciation of words and flow to the song. Seated looking on, I was blown away, and later after she had finished singing, I was eager to know where she learned it! “Television,” was her response. Children are observing and learning from their environmen...