Removing Barriers to Children Harms Them

Today, families are very careful about their children and immediately step in to ease the obstacles they encounter in their school and social life. However, ERA Schools warns families about this situation, which has been proven scientifically wrong; “When families solve every problem that arises, children get used to comfort over time and problems begin to occur in the future.”
 
Families always want the best for their children. They do their best to live a comfortable life. However, when this situation goes to extremes, a wrong path begins to be drawn for children. When every difficulty they encounter is overcome or made easier by others, children become comfortable. This creates different problems in the coming years.
 
Famous Australian child psychologist Dr. Michael Carr-Gregg calls this extreme attitude shown by families “snowplowing.” Carr-Gregg defines the "snow" in this name as an obstacle for children and describes families as "shovelers". Carr-Gregg emphasizes that especially Generation This inevitably turns children into defenseless individuals in the years to come.
 
Mistakes made by Snow Shoveling parents!
 
Dr. There are many mistakes made by parents whom Michael Carr-Gregg describes as “snowplows”. We can list some of them as follows:

• Instead of sending their children to school by bus or shuttle, they take them to the door of the school themselves.


• They do not involve children in the housework. They do all the activities themselves, such as doing laundry and dishes, cleaning up the mess, or cooking.


• To ensure that children's homework or term projects are completed in the best possible way, parents sometimes do all of it themselves.


• Instead of teaching children the value of money and expecting them to have something by saving money, they buy whatever they want, regardless of the price.

What should be done to avoid becoming a snowplow?
 
Stating that raising children is an important issue and that there are many ways to support them, ERA Schools Corporate Communications and Brand Director Gülçin Aşkın Çetin explains that in order not to become snowplow parents, it is enough to support them on certain issues instead of removing difficulties:
 

• Take care of your children's sleep patterns. Make sure they get good sleep so they can learn better at school.


• Ensure that they have a very good and healthy breakfast before going to school in the morning. In this way, education at school will be much more efficient for them.


• Learn to use technology as well as they do and discover where you need to limit them.


• Make sure to eat dinner together at the table. Chat with them and give them advice about their problems.


• If you want your children to be successful, self-confident and self-confident individuals both now and in the years to come, avoid doing things for them that they can do themselves. You will be very happy when you see the results.