【講師コラム】アダム講師No.5 ～Parents as First Teacher～

Mothers know best. Fathers know best. Both parents are one of the best people who really know the strengths and weaknesses of their children. In Biology, we stayed in our mother’s womb for a maximum of 9 months. In Genetics, we inherit the genes from our parents and relatives. Therefore, our parents can really assess, tell, and do what is best for us.

There are times that parents cannot avoid feeling fear when their children are in danger. There are times that they believe in their children’s strengths to overcome weaknesses. Parents must remember that they should know and do what is the best for their children.

English is mostly used worldwide. This is for the people of the world to understand one another though we really used to speak our Mother Tongue in our country (example: Japan – Japanese Language).

Let us not be ashamed of ourselves if we speak the universal language not too well. It is normal not to be proficient and fluent at first. Once you continuously practice using English language in verbal and non-verbal communication, you will not notice that you are doing better. It takes time for us to learn our second language, the universal language. That is why we should not give up on learning good things like English communication.

Let us remember, if parents have fear in learning English on their own, their children will lose confidence to acquire that skill. Let us show to our children that we can so that they will have courage and motivation to be better in using the language. Most importantly, parents should believe in their children’s potential.

Every person is bigger than his/her challenges. There’s Someone who is the most powerful. Someone who believes in us that we can overcome every challenge. If that Someone believes that we can go through our fears and problems, we should believe in our children to learn and do everything good. One of those is learning English communication. Because we, parents, are their first and last teachers here, on earth.