Hello Dear Parents,
I read about an artist by the name of Tom Greaves who invented what is called a " compliment machine " that is shown at the art exhibit in Washington D.C.
As people walk by, the machine dishes out compliments from an internatl IPOD. It says things like, " You are so smart ", " You really look great today ", " You smell good " and peaple are dwawn to this positive machine !
Greaves won't say what his motive is for the box, other than that it's in response to a saccharine culture in which everyone is special and nobody is critized, regardless of performance !
This triggered a question in my mind; are we parents that are generating confidence in our children by really complementing them ? I think that this is a real challenge !
Probably, that is opposite to the way we do things with our kids ! Their Performance is our number 1 driver ! Shall we try to change and just be a " compliment machine " for our children regardless of their performance .. and we will see most probably a big change ! Yes, we want to be " agents of Change " ! So let me start NOW !
You are really so smart, if you become one of those machines!
Cheers !
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