South Korea often has various aspects of life that people around the world are interested in. Starting from the lifestyle, traditions, special foods, education, to the habits of the people of the Ginseng country.
Not only that, children in South Korea are known to have high discipline, this is also influenced by the way their parents educate from an early age. Especially in matters of education, children in South Korea are also 'used to' studying late at night at the academy or library.
Check out some of the parenting styles of Korean parents in educating their children below, come on!
Training Children's Discipline at the Age of Six Years
Korean parents begin to practice discipline in their children when they are six to seven years old. Launching the Asia Society, parents feel that training their children's discipline before they are 'adult' enough to reason is deemed less effective or 'futile'.
When the children are six to seven years old, then they begin to train children's discipline in earnest. However, this is not done by all parents in Korea, but only some families, generally done by traditional families, as reported by TheTalko.com.
Korean Family Table Manner
When watching Korean dramas, you must have seen some scenes when a family has dinner together. As can be seen, there are several teachings of table manners or family-style table manners in Korea that are taught from an early age.
One of them is to prioritize older people. Launching theculturetrip.com, when food is served at the dining table, it is the older person who has to eat first. After that, the younger ones followed.
Not only at family dinners, but this also applies to other formal events such as dinner with office colleagues, or gatherings with older people.
Strict Against Children's Education
The country of South Korea is known to have an excellent education system, in fact many schools and universities provide facilities to educational programs to support the competence of their students.
Apart from being supported by adequate facilities and systems, the role of parents in Korea in education is also not spared. According to TheTalko.com and My Seoul Searching, Korean parents are very strict about the education of their children.
Parents want their children to focus and be diligent in education from a young age, and even get achievements as the best students. Not infrequently they are willing to put their children in various learning academies such as tutoring places, piano courses, taekwondo training, and many more.
Explaining the Good and Bad of Something in Children
In order to make children understand mistakes after they have done an act that is considered bad, Korean parents choose to explain the good or bad of an action. This is in contrast to the parenting style of parents who actually forbid their children to do something without giving a clear reason.
By explaining the good and bad of their actions, children will understand the meaning of a consequence, so that they too can have the opportunity to choose.
For example, if a child doesn't want to study even though they have to take an exam, then parents can explain the consequences of not wanting to study are the potential for experiencing difficulties on exams and getting poor grades.
Well, those are some parenting styles in the style of Korean parents in educating their children. Have you ever experienced the same upbringing or not?