Topical Vocabulary

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 646.

Topic: Bringing Up Children

1. Basic principles: to bring up children, the formative years, to progress in one's development, physical growth, mental development, to encourage a child, to let children grow naturally, to treat children like, to develop quicker than previous generations, to gain independence from parents, to grow up, to be mature, an effective approach, to influence smb.

2. Basic qualities: love, security, care, affection, respect, patience, reassurance, happy home backgrounds, responsible adults, not to feel neglected, to be sensitive to one's feelings, to speak firmly, to be consistent, to be fair, to show much patience (plenty of love).

3. Handling children: to have full faith in, to keep anger under control, not to force one's will on a child, to avoid labelling children (stupid, silly, foolish), to listen to children with understanding and sympathy, to offend smb.'s self-respect, to shake smb.'s confidence, prevent crises.

4. Atmosphere: friendly, not authoritarian, uncomfortable, embarrassing, to lose ones temper, not to create tension, an atmosphere of calm and quiet.

5. Praise: direct praise of personality, realistic (idealized) picture of smb.'s personality, to exaggerate praise out of proportions, to concentrate on a child's strength and not his weakness, to keep away from general remarks about anyone's personality.

6. Punishment: to scream and yell at, not to hit children, to cause mental illnesses (psychological damage), the best way to criticize, a beating, to lock children up, not to speak with a child deliberately, to ignore a child, sarcasm, to take a revenge.

7. Discipline. Behaviour. Manner: to discipline smb., a way of teaching politeness, to be punctual, to interrupt a conversation, the art of living together, to develop a conscience in smb., not to impose anything on children, to give children a choice, to leave a decision to the child, to encourage inner development.

8. Children's reaction: to live up to 'smb's expectation, to do smth. on purpose, to be encouraged to ask questions, to be curious and inquisitive, to feel part of the family, to appreciate smth., to become full of resentment, to become a nuisance (resentful, spiritless, delinquent), to hate questions which try to trap.