Definitley this weeks chapter on listening helps/connects with me very well. I am a cheerleading coach for 14 girls ages 10 and under. Listening is a hard thing especially at their age and the trying to get through to them the importance of why it is they are at practice and why they practice so hard.
Often times I catch the girls watching the gymnastics team or off in “LALA” land when they should be paying attention to what is going on. This week one of the concepts that really related was active listing. Active listening is described as hard work. The person but be engaged with all that is around them and the members of the group. The barriers to active listen definitely had me naming certain kids of mine to each one and the book really helped me make sense on why it is they do what they do. Lack of interest in a main one sometimes I see the kids struggling with.
I work in a very high end area that a lot of the moms live (and it is SOOOO obvious) though their kids and want them to be these amazing cheerleaders and it isn’t what the kids want. So when they come to practice they are bored, they find other things to try to watch to make the time pass. In the end I end up getting super frustrated at the kids but it isn’t their fault they don’t listen, it all comes from other factors that make up their behavior. (I love when you learn stuff that works in real life!!!!)
Often times I catch the girls watching the gymnastics team or off in “LALA” land when they should be paying attention to what is going on. This week one of the concepts that really related was active listing. Active listening is described as hard work. The person but be engaged with all that is around them and the members of the group. The barriers to active listen definitely had me naming certain kids of mine to each one and the book really helped me make sense on why it is they do what they do. Lack of interest in a main one sometimes I see the kids struggling with.
I work in a very high end area that a lot of the moms live (and it is SOOOO obvious) though their kids and want them to be these amazing cheerleaders and it isn’t what the kids want. So when they come to practice they are bored, they find other things to try to watch to make the time pass. In the end I end up getting super frustrated at the kids but it isn’t their fault they don’t listen, it all comes from other factors that make up their behavior. (I love when you learn stuff that works in real life!!!!)
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