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Parents must know their children’s interests
Dr JC Wandemberg, who has over 30 years of experience as an International Consultant, educator, empowering organisations and individuals to function effectively through a participative design methodology has delivered a talk on ‘Engaging our children and youth in meaningful dialogues for growth through a participative design method’ at Our Sacred Space on Sunday.
Dr JC Wandemberg, who has over 30 years of experience as an International Consultant, educator, empowering organisations and individuals to function effectively through a participative design methodology has delivered a talk on ‘Engaging our children and youth in meaningful dialogues for growth through a participative design method’ at Our Sacred Space on Sunday.
In participatory design methodology, participants explain and try to define the problem and focus on ideas for the solution in the discussion. “Today, in the world, most children face problems with their parent’s dominant behavior. Parents are not allowing their children to do what they want. They just give very few options to choose their career. This has great impact on parents and children’s relationship.
In most of the cases, children’s are attempting suicide due to pressure. Parents must think critically before suggesting something to their children,” said Dr. JC Wandemberg. He said that the humans behave in two ways - Dominant Hierarchy (Restrictive) and Non-Dominant Hierarchy (Expansive).
“In Dominant Hierarchy, people in the higher positions will always tell other people on what they should do. They will never listen to anybody’s words and appeals. They think that they are the superiors. In this example parents also think that they are doing exceptionally well for their children and they never ask their children about their interests.
Whereas, in the Non-Dominant Hierarchy, people in higher positions listen to everybody in the world and even take advice from others. In this case, parents allow children to do what they actually want and will guide them to achieve success,” he adds.
“We have to develop critical thinking to plan and guide our children in the right way. If we want our children to quit unwanted activities then we should clearly explain to them about the consequences that arise in the future due to them. Spending more time with them is also the best option to know more about their interests,” he concludes.
