Mencius' mother moves thrice

This blog entry was written with a heavy heart.

Much as Mummy Eliz dislikes being discriminated against, she also dislikes discriminating others. She feels that she is not in a position to judge what she might not totally understand.

Mummy Eliz cannot agree more with the saying that “Parents are a child’s first teachers”. She feels that parents should play a more proactive rather than a purely reactive role.

She is not against kids who grab, as well, all kids need to be taught how to share and take turns. She is also not against kids who whine, shout or scream, as well, all kids need to be taught how to communicate effectively.

What really worries her bad is witnessing some parents handing the reins of control to their child, and then giving their child negative labels instead of helping them work through certain behavioral issues.

And like Meng Mu, the mummy who shifted house 3 times in an attempt to lessen the negative influences, Mummy Eliz is seriously thinking of alternates to placing Princess in the Nursery class next year.

Some of her potential classmates are seriously a worrying lot.

PS:

If you are reading this post, then you are surely not the ones that are making Mummy worry. The ones that make her worry would not even realize the existence of this blog.

Meng mu san qian n. 1. Chinese idiom; 2. literal translation: Mencius' mother moves thrice

If you know your Chinese idioms well, you'd recall that "Meng mu" (Mencius' mother) relocated three times in search of the perfect environment to bring up her son.

Let me share the story of "Meng mu san qian". In ancient China, there lived a mother who was looking for the best home for her child, Mengzi. At one neighborhood, she found that the children were attracted to the going-ons at a nearby coffin maker's and passed their time imitating the sorrow expressed by the families of the deceased. She decided it was not the environment she wanted for her child and so she moved. At another neighborhood, she found the men were not interested in hard work and spent their days drinking. Not finding it suitable for her child, she moved again. In all she moved three times, until she was convinced that she had found the best environment in which to bring up her child. Mengzi or Menicius grew up to be one of the great thinkers of China, thanks to the discipline inculcated by his mother, and of course her foresight and persistence.