When I, an 11th grade homeroom teacher, asked: `Parents, is anyone addicted to cell phones?`.
`Why do I have a phone? If I want to play, I must have internet. Where does it come from?`, I asked back.
That’s right, the internet and smartphones bring us an endless source of information at `lightning` speed, so why ban it?
Children are `living virtually`, so adults must enter the virtual world and know the way back to the real world to guide their children.
When I asked the question: `Have any parents come to check their child’s study corner?`.
I understand very well the feeling of helplessness of parents in educating their children, from seemingly the simplest issues such as: neatness and cleanliness.
Speaking honestly with parents of students in the same position, I pose the question: are our children not listening to their parents or is our own approach not effective?
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And then, parents remind their children that in an uncomfortable state, their children also accept tasks that are not at all pleasant.
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Children are images of their parents through the mirror.
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Nhan Phung
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