New Delhi, Nov 18 (UNI) Delhi Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday that children today need a homely environment in which they feel not only secured and loved but are also treated with respect.
He was speaking at the launch of the 'Parent Workshops’ at a school in the national capital.
Addressing the parents who had assembled at the school for the workshop, Mr Sisodia said,"You are not just creating the next generation of professionals, you are creating the next generation of Indian citizens."
The Deputy Chief Minister also said, “Your child is not merely a child in your family, she is a future citizen of our country. Your role as parents is also a service to society. Parents need to establish a channel of positive communication with their children, something that is missing at the moment. '
'We will need to talk our children out of their fear of failure. Instead of making our children feel more confident about themselves, sometimes we feed into their fear by constantly reminding them that they cannot fail," he encouraged parents to instil this in their children.
The Government has been working on building a genuine parent-teacher partnership in the past as well. School management committees and Parent Teacher Meetings have had tremendous success in increasing the involvement of parents in their children’s performance in schools.
'The Delhi government has launched this initiative with the aim of increasing the involvement of parents in the school activities of their children. The 'Parents Workshops’ will initially be conducted in ten Government schools, and will soon be expanded to 50 schools,' said Mr Sisodia.
'The workshops will cater to parents of children studying in Classes 10 and 12 to begin with, but eventually all parents will be enrolled,' he informed.
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