Lessons in good parenting

Chennai: Students going off for summer vacations with bags full of holiday assignments is de rigeur. However a Chennai school has set altogether different norms, not just for its students but their parents as well!
Perhaps why the assignment list from the school is now going viral.

The holiday assignment of Annai Violet Matriculation and Higher Secondary School highlights the importance of spending time with loved ones.

To begin with, the parents must have at least two meals with their children and teach them the importance of farmers and not waste food. Dignity of labour, building a rapport with neighbours, bonding with grandparents, raising their own garden, loving animals are some of the things that parents will have to teach their children, says the list put out by the school’s Chennai branch principal Lydia Devasagayam.
A list from the Coimbatore branch of this school, which is also doing the rounds on social media, has also requested the parents to send pictures of the activities to the school or make a photo album with it.
“In our times we used to play outdoors, get hurt, and visit our grandparents. Holidays meant fun. These days, children hate school. The words stress and pressure is already in their dictionary. It is important for them to learn values at a time when even their parents are being selfish and money-minded in this competitive world,” Lydia averred.