English Homework Help!!!?

Question

Okay, so my homework for tonight is to write an essay on why it is important for adults to show children special attention! It is due tomorrow. So basically what i am asking is why is it important for adults to show children special attention? Please help! I know how to write it, i just need some answers to this question so I can put it all together. Due 2morrow! Thanx!!!

Answer 1

There are a lot of reasons!

Children need mentors. People they can trust and look up to. People they can ask questions, learn from, and aspire to be like.

Children need to feel recognized. Getting special attention is a form of recognition that says "you're worth spending time with" and "I like you," which is something everyone needs. Children especially need this affirmation because they are experimenting a lot with who they are and what they like and how to behave.

Children need affection. One-on-one time is a form of affection, really. It's focusing on the child and supports the development of positive self esteem. It fosters a trusting relationship and a loving atmosphere. That doesn't necessarily mean a familial sense of love, but an understood appreciation.

Children need supervision! What better way to help a child make the right choices and stay out of trouble than to guide him/her one-on-one?

I'm sure there are plenty more great reasons. Hope that helps.

If you need sources for your paper, you might look into parenting resources online for articles and whatnot.

Answer 2

If it was me I would take the stand that it is important for adults, especially parents, to show children attention so that they can develop healthy self esteem and learn to function well as adults.  Children need good examples of how to behave towards one another.  

Try looking at this website

http://www.sallysacks.com/articles/emoti...

Answer 3

Think about the question in three ways:

1) What happens to adults when they interact with kids?

They might have to think in new ways, might get frustrated, or might find themselves teaching something to a child which they never expected to teach.  How do these kinds of things change the ways adults think, in a positive way?  In a negative way?

2) What happens to kids when they interact with adults?

Do they learn new things?  Do they get frustrated?  What is the best way for kids and adults to interact (games, teaching, cooperating)?

3) If kids and adults both influence each other, how is that good or bad for all of us?  In what ways could adults and children really interact with one another in a good way (think of a teacher you like, a parent or an older sibling).

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