Parents still control the future

Teachers can often identify (very early- late elementary school) students who will find legal trouble, sex issues, and early, unplanned pregnancy later in life.
So it’s finally acknowledged what we’ve all known for years. A kids future can be defined by the time they get to preschool.  So this behaviour pattern is not really taught at school but suffered. The core behaviour habits have already been defined really too early for teachers to be solely responsible.
Parents attitude, ability, and genes play a much larger role in defining the adult their kids will become.
Who was it that said: Show the child at 7 and I’ll show you the man?

Useful links:
20 Tips for Parents from Preschool Teachers
The parenting place
Parents as first teachers
Reading material from Fishpond

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