Dad will relearn the lesson of praising his child.

This summer, I'll restart the lesson of praising my child. Just as I praised her after her first stumble to encourage her to keep going, praised her after she learned the breaststroke, and encouraged her to enjoy practicing the freestyle and butterfly strokes...

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As soon as we arrived at the gate, my daughter whispered to me, "Dad, my final year grades are the best in the 6th grade!"

I was very happy, but I didn't show my joy on my face, and of course, there wasn't a single word of praise for my child at that moment.

It seems like it's been quite a while since I last praised my child.

Praise is often associated with firsts when a child is young: their first roll over, their first stumble... then their first time swimming at age 5, their first martial arts belt test... Most of these firsts relate to skills.

I rarely praise my child when they get a perfect score or win an award in academic competitions. I even strongly object to my wife showing off our child's excellent academic results in our extended family's Zalo group.

Why am I so stingy with my praise for my child?

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Born into a large farming family in central Vietnam, the fact that all five of us siblings received an education was a tremendous burden for our parents. Therefore, it was natural for us to excel in our studies and win numerous academic awards on our path towards escaping poverty.

My father rarely attended end-of-year parent-teacher meetings, and he never praised any of his children, even though we were always among the top students in school.

It was only when we were away from home, traveling with the school to the provincial center for gifted student competitions, that my parents would ask about the results afterward. Even then, they never expressed praise in front of us.

Besides continuing the family "tradition" of sparing praise, I honestly don't have much faith in the "uniform" perfect scores in the end-of-year report cards of so many students these days. Gradually, I've become "allergic" to showing off my children's achievements during the end-of-year school celebrations like these days.

It's been a long time since I praised my child, and for just as long, they rarely excitedly told me about the perfect scores they got on their midterm or final exams. So when I saw them shyly showing off their top grades in their class, I realized how stingy I'd been with my praise.

My child should have let out a joyful shout at me at the school gate...

Because it's the result of nights spent staying up late to write an essay based on your feelings, or struggling to solve a difficult math problem on your own.

This summer, I'll restart the lesson of praising my child. Just as I praised her after her first stumble to encourage her to keep going, praised her after she learned the breaststroke, and encouraged her to enjoy practicing the freestyle and butterfly strokes...

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Academic achievements should also be praised; it's important to acknowledge your child's efforts in achieving excellent results, not just the grades. The greatest reward for a child is recognition, not titles that might make parents worry about their child becoming complacent.

Praise doesn't weaken a child; it can actually boost their confidence.

And to show your child that love always needs to be expressed, at least through sincere compliments given to each other every day.

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