Reply to UMC lessons to teach my children

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "UMC lessons to teach my children"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many of these posts are so bizarre and archaic. The post is about "UMC lessons", not teaching kids to roleplay the 1950s. Young professionals are not sitting around talking about ballet, opera, or "the classics" and knowing about this stuff is not going to endear your precious DCs to anyone[/quote]
You may not sit around talking about it but having all these things sink into your cortex gives you a base of knowledge that plugs you into the world in subtle ways.  I mean do you want your child to look puzzled when someone says "patience of Job"?  Or compares someone to a character from a classical piece that they feel ought to be known?

I grew up in a different country where these things were markers of education level, not necessarily wealth.  I was dragged to symphonies and ballet and opera starting maybe age 7.  I'd be the first to tell you it was extra boring at the time!  But thirty years later...I'm so grateful for the experience.  Things sink in even when you think they don't. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics