We parents are willing to sacrifice anything, be it sleep, food, comforts, time, money, and even our marriage for the sake of our children's happiness. If you are one among us, please read on.

Often times, we find that our children do not perform to their true potential. I've seen the progress reports of many children with the comments, "The child is capable of better performance if he puts more efforts."

That's it. Our children don't perform well not because they lack intelligence. It is because they lack the motivation and the learning strategies to excel.

How to motivate our children to excel in school? We must equip them with the necessary learning tools.

What are these learning tools?

Highspeed Reading: Techniques that help children increase their reading speed by up to 5 times. These techniques also help the children in arresting the wandering of the mind and improving their comprehension by over 50%.

Wholebrain Note-taking: Techniques such as Concept Mapping and Visual Mapping based on wholebrain concept, help the children to learn faster and understand easier.

Perfect Spelling: Spelling strategies increases the command over written communication and presents a better image of the student to the examiner.

Vocabulary Building: A large vocabulary ensures better comprehension and impressive presentation. It is also essential to pass the entrance tests of professional courses as well as competitive exams of prestigious jobs.

Brain Preference: Is the child Left-brain Dominant or Right-brain Dominant? This knowledge helps in providing a conducive environment to effective learning.

VAK Analysis: Is the child Visual, Audi or Kino? This understanding helps in designing a personal learning style for the child.

Self Discipline: We must inculcate the habit of self-discipline in the children so that the children do not need our constant supervision.

Self Confidence: We must develop courage and confidence in our children so that they are not manipulated and exploited.

Self Esteem: We need to enhance our children's self esteem so that they don't develop inferiority complex and fall victims to unhealthy habits.

Positive Attitude: Developing a positive mental attitude in our children ensures that they are able to cope up with disappointments in life, manage stress easily and enjoy better physical and mental health.

Time Management: Making our children realise the importance of time management, ensures that they utilise their time wisely and achieve great things in life at a younger age making us feel proud of them.

Leadership Qualities: We need to develop and nurture the leadership qualities in our children. It ensures that they belong to the 20% elite group of people who lead the other 80% of the people.

On an average, we spend about 12,000 Dhs. in a year for one child. That works out to approximately 250,000 Dhs to bring up a child. How much have you invested in your children in developing their life skills and study skills?

Regards and Wishes
Dr. Pon