Parenting from the Heart BUT keeping technology in mind

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Parenting from the Heart BUTKeeping Technology
in Mind
Parental Workshop 23rd July 2016
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• You are what your deep, driving desire is.
• As your desire is, so is your will.
• As your will is, so is your deed.
• As your deed is, so is your destiny.
• Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV. 4.5

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• What we want is Western Science coupled with
  Vedanta, Brahmacharya as the guiding motto, also
  Shraddha and faith in one's own Self.

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At Victorious Kidss Educares, We Do
Education for Character
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Shift Happens
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Three Principles for Brilliant Success
Harmony, Wealth and Happiness

• I often have some sessions with our kids -
• Establish Truth in words, actions and thoughts.
• Have Faith in God and know that the Heavenly
  Father, Mother, Heavenly Friend, is our Beloved
  God and is always protecting us.
• Have faith in your own self and know that You
  Can handle anything. Everything is possible.

BRILLIANT
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The Seeds Of God Is Within Us

• Nature wants all of us to be successful
• When we make this journey of spirit, we water
  these divine seeds inside us.
• The good life merely reflects our inner
  intention.
• In time the flowers of God bloom within us and
  around us, and we begin to witness and know the
  miracle of divinity all around.

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The Spiritual Dimension That Brings Inner
Fulfilment

• If the meaning of your life unfolds to you
  everyday, in simplicity and wonder, you have
  achieved success which means in a profound way,
  that every baby/ every God created Human being
  is a born success.
• Every childs once in a while ours ability to
  feel wonder in the face of everyday existence is
  the surest proof we have that Nature wants us
  to be successful.

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Keeping Spirituality Away From Our Lives Is A
Mistake

• Keeping Spirituality away from our daily lives
  and away from success has been a mistake and has
  profound effect
• The parody is we spend years, from child hood on,
  on hard work so as to earn lots of money and
  have physical possessions. But loose our physical
  health and our emotional wellbeing and bliss and
  then spend the same money to get back our health?

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• Our rich heritage of thousands of years with
  Vedanta, Upanishad and ancient Gurukul teaching
  had made India the richest country in the world.
• India used to be called the Golden Bowl of the
  Universe.
• Wherever we are today, side by side, we need to
  stay abreast with the rapid changes of
  information and technical revolution, keep pace
  with the fast changing world of technology so
  that our children, once again, bring our country
  back to the ancient glory and create a world
  filled with peace and harmony

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• We have training centers for management, how to
  be an engineer or a doctor, how to play or learn
  some musical instruments or play some games. Do
  we have a center to build Good Human Characters?

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Most People Assume

• That success is essentially material. That it can
  be measured in money, prestige, or an abundance
  of possessions. These certainly can play a role
  but having them does not guarantee of success.
• The success we want our children to achieve has
  to be defined in many non material ways as well.

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It Should Include

• The ability to love, be loyal and have
  compassion.
• The capacity to feel joy and spread it to others.
• Learning to give first and not take.
• The security of knowing that ones life has a
  purpose, and there is a divine influence leading
  us towards a particular direction.
• A sense of connection to that creative power of
  the universe We belong to this Universe.

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Our Needs
as Human
Beings
Hyrum Smith
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What Do We Teach Our Children?

• How to survive.
• How to behave in order to earn our approval.
• How to defend themselves.
• How to compete.
• How to persist against disappointment, obstacles
  and setbacks!
• Although believing in God is often considered a
  good thing, spirituality is

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The Teaching Of Innocence - SEVEN PRINCIPLES

1. Everything is possible
2. If you want to get something, give it.
3. When you make a choice, you change the future.
4. Dont say no, go with the flow.
5. Every time you wish or want, you plant a seed.
6. Enjoy the journey.
7. You are here for a reason.

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Education to Better Their World The Emerging
Vision of a New K-12 Education for the Empowered
Kids of Tomorrow
IB Asia-Pacific Annual Conference, Hyderabad,
India, March, 2016
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Let me begin with whats REALLY on your minds
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PARENTING STYLE
Respect for elders
Independence
or
Obedience
Self-reliance
or
Good manners
Curiosity
or
Well-behaved
Considerate
or
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PYP cl. of 2028 MYP cl. of 2032 DIPLOMA cl. of
2035 STAN/VARD cl. of 2040
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How much will his world have changed in 20 years?
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BETTER ENDS BETTER MEANS BETTER
CURRICULUM BETTER TEACHING BETTER TECHNOLOGY USE
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FROM ATTENDING A GREAT SCHOOL
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TO AN APPRENTICESHIP TO THE WORLD
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Today, what we ask of our kids in this world is
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AN APPRENTICESHIP TO THE WORLD
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kids have always
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learned more
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And been most motivated
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when doing real projects
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In the real world
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Education can no longer be just an academic
process
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we need to be empowering our kids further
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Todays kids are far more EMPOWERED
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They can do infinitely more!
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and collaborate In totally new ways!
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3. A FAR BETTER SUPPORTING CURRICULUM
THINKING ACTION RELATIONSHIPS ACCOMPLISHMENT
BEYOND
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WE NEED TO GET BEYOND
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THE MESS
MATH, ENGLISH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES
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now, with
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Our kids are no longer the people we were in
school
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They are now people with
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Theyre ALREADY EMPOWERED to
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Act accomplish Become Build Create Fix Help
Improve Inspire Join together Preserve Share Teach
learn
IN NEW AND BETTER WAYS
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• PEOPLE WHO CAN
• GET THINGS DONE

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ACADEMIC EDUCATION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE
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IT SO DEEPLY UNDERESTIMATES WHAT OUR KIDS CAN NOW
DO
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IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL ERROR TO THINK THAT IF WE
JUST IMPROVE ACADEMIC EDUCATION (AND PERHAPS
ADD A FEW MORE SKILLS) ALL WILL BE WELL
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NEW
PERSPECTIVE
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OUR TIMES DEMAND
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AN EDUCATION THAT GOES BEYOND ACADEMIC
EDUCATION TO
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AN EDUCATION TO BETTER THEIR WORLD
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• BETTER ENDS
• BETTER MEANS
• BETTER CURRICULUM
• BETTER TEACHING
• BETTER TECHNOLOGY USE

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1. A BETTER GOAL, AND END, FOR ALL OF US
A BETTER WORLD
BEYOND
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and a A BETTER GOAL, AND END, FOR STUDENTS
BECOMING Good, effective, world-improving people
BEYOND
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So our kids become
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solutionaries
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ITS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT, IN TERMS OF
SKILLS TAUGHT
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TODAYS GLOBAL K-12 CURRICULUM IS INCREDIBLY
NARROW
TAUGHT SYSTEMATICALLY TODAY
Reading Mathematical Thinking Understandin
g written communication Writing Research
(Critical Thinking) (Scientific
Thinking) (Citizenship?)
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PARENTING STYLE
Respect for elders
Independence
Obedience
Self-reliance
Good manners
Curiosity
Well-behaved
Considerate
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THE EDUCATION OUR KIDS NEED DOESNT FULLY EXIST
ANYWHERE TODAY
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BUT WE CAN CREATE IT!
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• Our children should be guided to know that
  success comes in with an attitude, in cans and
  not can nots.
• Children should grow up believing that they can
  handle anything if they only set their mind to it
  and think that they can