Category: How does wisdom gets passed from generation to another?

4-2. How does wisdom gets passed from generation to another?

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Do not negotiate with your young child

Children are waiting for parents to teach them what to do and guide the children. In the book, when Tree-ear supposes to fill up the cart, he disrupts because “Min had not given him complete instructions” (p. 25) Children always want accurate instruction and not ambiguous ones, especially when they are doing something they’ve never done before. Learning by making mistakes, thus, the parent has to support them. Guiding the children sounds easy, yet, some of the parents tend to make mistakes along the way to discipline.

When a child did something wrong, what lessons are they going to tell their child?

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Children are getting the food by negotiating; https://feedingmykid.com

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Parents just have to let them know that child is wrong. Nevertheless, some of the parents do extra work by negotiating the child; as they treat them by something. For instance, if you stop crying I will give you something.

Tree-ear doesn’t expect anything from Crane-man and Min partiuraly, when Tree-ear makes some mistakes while he is helping out Min. Tree-ear stay optimistic because that is pleasure to be assistant of Min and Tree-ear “ [loves] watching Min. His work [is] the finest in the region, perhaps even in the whole country.” (p.13)

4-3. How does wisdom gets passed from generation to another?

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What happen to children and parent are trusting together; https://uncova.com

Without any trust between adults and young children, they will not listen to wisdom. Also, show the genie and get respect from them. Therefore, establish trust is essential in order to get the children’s ear to listen. Special occasions also mattered to get a relationship of trust; Christmas, birthday or award assembly. By attending those events and shows proud of children and want to be part of their life, make good trust.

In this book, Crane-man makes deep scratches on the wall to remind the day that Tree-ear came to his place. Crane-man told Tree-ear that “one mark for each spring since you came here, I kept count of your years, for I thought the time would come when you would like to know how old you are” (p. 8) Crane-man remembers and celebrates the day important for  Tree-ear. Those basic things seem to be easy to accomplish and general to do, yet, nowadays, many people difficult to find the time for children since they are busy with work.

Help them out when they came up with questions

Children are so innocent and always came up with a question. For instance, when Three-year was much younger than now, he kept asking the questions to Crane-man about how their parents look like, even Crane-man didn’t know about his parents. “If there was more to having a home than Crane-man and the ridge, Three-year had neither knowledge nor need for it”(9)