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 Black Kid Smart Kid is an organisation formed to empower the 21 st century black parents in the UK by sharing vital information with them thus motivating them to take positive action for their children. We expect that the parents who contact us will then share the information with their peers, friends and family thus influencing one another. These gradual but consistent efforts will produce a shift in the culture and value system of black children in the UK thus placing them in advantageous positions. For more information or to receive future copies of our free newsletter send an email to smart.kid@hotmail.co.uk .
Working with Your Child
One of the greatest desires of parents is to see their children succeed in life. However although the desire may be strong, the willingness, knowledge and ability to turn it into a reality are not always present. It is imperative that as a parent you make a commitment, find out how to and then equip yourself to transform your hopes and aspirations for your children into a reality.
A good education is one of the keys to achieving success and your child needs your help to attain this. Your support is required whether your child attends a state or independent school. Even if your child receives extra tuition your personal input is very important as you are the one who has your child's best interest at heart. You are therefore better positioned to identify the problem areas in his/her education as you know your child best and should be able to appraise the effectiveness or otherwise of the tuition your child is receiving.
Here are some tips to help you work effectively with your child:
- Be committed - let your child know his/her education is important to you
- Set aside quality time to spend with your child on a daily basis as much as possible stick to a regular schedule such as having a set time and place
- Be creative - make study time fun; not a bore or a chore
- Build your child's confidence with lots of positive affirmation
- Set up a reward system for effort, this teaches your child hard work pays off in the long run - celebrate achievements; this will inspire your child to achieve even more
- No matter how frustrated or angry you are do not undermine or knock your child's confidence by calling him/her names it is counter-productive and tends to become a self-fulfilling prophecy
- Visit libraries and museums with your child regularly, these are mainly free in the UK
- Spend time with your child going over his/her school day; ask questions about what they learnt - check that your child has done the homework assigned at school
- Read out loud to your younger children and encourage them to read to you as well
- Invest in materials/resources that are designed to help your child's learning process
- If you are not academically inclined get a private tutor but you still need to work closely with the tutor and your child
- Always be positive about their education even when they are having difficulties - a ‘Can Do' attitude to life is one that will easily rub off on your child
- Be selective about the school your child attends, plan ahead before he/she starts school at all - work in partnership with the school not against the school
- Attend the parents evenings at school, it's your opportunity to find out how to help your child better
- Above all pray ; for yourself, for your child and with your child, you will grow weary if you do all the above in your own strength alone!
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