Q: how does boy feel about parents’ pride in having him as a son?
Q: how does he feel when other parents talk about their kids in positive terms?
I seldom do. Grandpa said repeatedly that he is proud of ah-boy.
Q: how do I remind myself of this, among dozens of reminders?
- English better than most kids in China
- Chinese better than most kids in U.S.
- Science
- multiplication verse
- gadgets
- maps
- social skills
- kind to meimei
- fast learner: piano, bicycle
- height — lucky my boy is not too skinny or short
- can swim
- Grandma felt proud of his interpersonal qualities and skills
- [s] I’m proud of his English learning, all
without parents’ help. - [s] I’m proud he developed his own phonics rules to help himself cope with spelling tests. He can memorize many words (exceeding 5 letters) very quickly and exactly right.
- [s] I’m proud he has original content and some details in his composition, even though there’s not too much detail and no fancy words to score high marks.
- [s] I’m proud (at least once) he was able to complete 2 days worth of hand-writing practice within an hour.
- [s] I’m proud he knows what unhealthy food to avoid. He never insists on getting some unhealthy food even though he really wants.
- I’m proud of his willingness to co-operate when parents are serious.
- I’m proud of his leadership quality at playgrounds
- [s] I’m proud of his grasp of multiplication verses — not perfect but decent.
- I’m proud of his piano progress. He was able to pass Grade 2. No mean achievement.
- [s] I’m proud of his swimming progress. I’m sure some kids learn faster, but at least he learnt breast stroke and he didn’t give up.
- [s] I’m proud his freestyle swim is improving and he didn’t give up in the face of slow progress.
- I’m proud his maths problem solving shows clarity
- [s] I’m proud at least his Jul 2016 maths test showed no real mistake, and his Aug maths test was 100%. No help from parents.
- [s] I’m proud that he is improving his initiative in terms of doing his own homework without parents prompting
- [s] I’m proud that he understands his duty to take care of his baby sister, even though not 100%. He never hurts her and never jealous.
- [s = not comparing with his peers. We compare him to himself.]