影片采訪了大量相關人員。最令人感動的是,那些失去孩子的父母成立了一個團隊,他們聚在一起成為精神健康的有力推動者和積極活動家,比如2005年第一起自殺事件的孩子JP的母親,她多次在公眾會議上分享自己的心路曆程,冀望社區能夠意識到問題所在。
1)確保孩子至少每天6小時睡眠;
2)隻允許孩子因為喜歡而非同學壓力而選這門AP課;
3)如果你的孩子常規性地不能在12點以前睡覺,應該退出AP課或降到低檔課程;
4)課外活動主要是讓孩子通過做他們喜歡的事得以從課業壓力中解脫放鬆和學習團隊精神及人際交往能力。確保孩子不是僅僅為了增色簡曆而非個人愛好而選擇課外活動;
5)告訴孩子你愛他們本身,不是愛他們帶回家的成績。告訴他們,他們是你的命根子!告訴他們你每天都愛他們。告訴他們在他們以後漫長的生命旅程中會有更多的人愛他們;
6)告訴孩子在Palo Alto高中一個普通孩子(每學期至少一個B)將會是南加大的學習尖子。不要用這個高中的標準判斷自己在世界的位置。告訴他們"你比你想象的要更聯明有能力。你會在大學感覺很棒"。所以好日子就要來了;
7)帶孩子出去參加爬山、露營或其它戶外活動,這是減壓的好方法。男孩在共同活動如車裏或爬山時易於敞開心扉。睡前和餐桌上也是和孩子交流的好時機;
8)告訴孩子經曆挫折和失敗是好的經驗,它使你對克服它並從中走出來更有經驗和信心。所以擁抱挫折失敗吧,因為它使你強大,不要害怕它;
9)學會從朋友、父母、老師和其他成人那裏尋求幫助,這叫"有路子",高情商的重要特質。尋求幫助是聰明而非軟弱的表現;
10)通過活動、宗教等方式幫助孩子找到他們的熱誠,使之了解生命的目的;
11)每天至少花半小時坐在孩子邊上一起做事或隻是說說話。
為方便與孩子交流,以下是英文的list,感謝Debra, Amy and the PACPC team的整理:
1) Make sure your kid has AT LEAST 6 hours sleep every day.
2) Only allows your kids to take the AP class if he/she likes the subject, not for peer pressure.
3) Drop AP class or downlane if your kid routinely can't go to bed by 12:00.
4) Extracurricular activities are primary for kids to get relaxed from their academic stress by doing what they enjoy and learn team work and people skill. Make sure your kid does not pick extracurricular activities for boosting his resume only, not for personal enjoyment.
5) Tell your kids you love them who they are, not what grade they bring home. Tell them you love them every day. Tell them they are your apple of your eyes!Tell them you love them every day. Tell them that they will be loved by more people in their long journey of life later.
6) Tell your kids the average kid in Paly (at least one "B" per semester is an academic star at USC). Don't use Paly standard to judge themselves in the world. Tell them "You are a lot smarter and capable than you think. You will feel great in college." So better time is coming.
7) Take your kids out for hiking, camping or other outdoor activities, a good way to decompress. Boys tend to open up when doing parallel activities together like in the car and hiking. Bedtime and dinner table are also the good time to talk to your kids.
8) Tell your kid it is good to experience setback and failure which gives you experience and confidence that you can overcome it and therefore become resilient. So embrace setback and failure because it makes you strong, don't be scare of it.
9) Learn to ask for help from friends, parents, teachers and other adults. It is called "Resourceful", a very important trait for high EQ individual. Ask for help is being "Smart" not being "Weak".
10) Help your kids to find their passion which gives them the purpose of their lives through activities, religion, etc.
11) Spend at least half hour everyday sitting side by side with your kid(s), doing things together or just talking.
正好學區也製作了一個可以貼在冰箱上的提醒牌,內容也是關於家長如何愛護幫助孩子的。
有一句著名的話,It takes a village to raise healthy kids(教育出健康的孩子需要全村的努力),我想同樣,it also takes a village to hurt the kids(傷害孩子的也來自全村的環境)。這是我們全社區應該意識到的。
讓我們全都脫下麵具,真實地麵對世界,以內心的陽光麵對這個下雨的現實。
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