One who chooses to teach can enjoy the beauty and joy of sharing his
knowledge with one who wants to know. To teach means to accept the
challenge of helping the student who desires knowledge. This challenge
makes one more creative in communicating what one knows. Because one
has love for knowledge, one respects and loves each student and accepts
the student’s capacity to learn. With such an attitude, there is
every chance that both the teacher and the student will gain from their
interaction.
When a parent
teaches his or her own child, the parent assumes the role of a teacher.
As a parent, one has certain ambitions and expectations of one’s
child. In her love, a mother may be too protective and too anxious with
regard to her own child. A father may impose his desires on the child
in order to realise his own unfulfilled dreams. The teacher, on the
other hand, does not have these problems, for he or she only wants the
student to learn. As a teacher, one is free of other roles, and plays
an objective and non-judgemental role in the student’s life. It
is important for a parent to be aware of these differences when playing
the role of a teacher to one’s own child.
