Listen First!

Listen first!
When a person is sick and goes to see a doctor of medicine, the doctor would observe the patients vital signs, and would ask the patient what he feels, which part of the body is painful, or when the ailment was noticed to have started. The patient would tell the doctor the answers being sought, from the view point of the patient. The doctor would then make his evaluation, and only then will he make his prescriptions and suggestions on what medicine the patient should take, the dosage and what to do and not do. Similarly, we should be like a doctor when handling our kids. When we observe and see that there seems to be something wrong with our kids, based on their actions, and changes in routines, manners and grades, we should ask them what is bothering them before we make our evaluation, conclusions that they are grounded, and prescriptions or suggestions. It is not the other way around (the reversed process). You must listen to your kids first. Pure hunch or guess work is not acceptable. Verification is important, and observations validation is necessary.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte

Children and Parents!

Children and Parenting!
Children should be taught parenting. By parenting, it is meant here that children should learn how to take care of their love ones and people within their family, as well as their own child rearing. It is interesting that we don’t see much or hear much about a formal school for parenting. We even tend to believe ,because of such scarcity that there is no such thing. But parenting is learned usually, within a healthy family, where the kids are shown and modeled by daily examples, how to express their care and love for the less abled members of the family. This is the interesting part. Children, without being told learn to be loving kids, as love is being demonstrated and shown to them by everyday living, by the more senior members of the family.
Written by: Sanoy C. Suerte, RME /MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte

The Interview in Perspective!

I thought of these a lot these past weeks, seeing my kids and family relatives go through their interview processes, (new graduates and better opportunity seekers alike) and it made me wonder, whether or not schools are training their graduates, how to handle an interview. The art of participating in an interview...
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