2010-05-31

A possible activity?


In the project proposal stage I intended to adopt family therapy into my project action. It does sounds like a social work as Lynda thinks.
However,where the thoughts come from is regarding Chinese parents’ expectations for their child, they place a disproportionate emphasis on their child’s educational achievement. Also, parents pay too much attention on very narrow educational content and in many cases parents have very simple ideas of how to motivate their child to study more. I considered how children are aware of this type of parent-child relationship. I am also doing family therapy course this moment and this method came into my mind naturally. Family therapists with only child family can coach parents during interactions with their child to strengthen the parent-child bond; decrease harsh; improve child social skills and cooperation; and reduce child negative behaviors. I believe it is important for children to develop the most appropriate emotions during each stage of their precious childhood. Family therapy is new for most Chinese and people have less access to family therapy. I thought what I can do more for single child families is providing a choice and opportunity taking from developed countries.

After hours schooling




After hours schooling activities were planned to bring children together to build relationships and trust. This initial gathering took place on Tuesday, 25th of May from 17pm – 18pm. The activities were fully embraced within this primary school, with 10 children being involved in this day. After hours schooling are a fantastic way for a single child to interact on an informal basis. It is vital that a single child learns basic social skills, like how to chat informally or talk to members of the opposite sex. Often, children from single child homes are incredibly spoilt and throw tantrums when things do not go their way. This is something most parents are aware of, but do not guard against.