The Importance of Parental Guidance in Literacy
The role of strong parental guidance and supervision in children’s achievement is very predominate. Children learn by example and repetition, and one of the most important things all children are offered is the privilege of learning to be literate. Learning to read, write, and speak the language of their nation, and sometimes multiple languages, is a gift offered to young people through schools or independent learning centers. There are many charities to support this action of learning as well as individual volunteers. To maintain the progress achieved, one of the most important factors in these children’s lives is the parental guidance being displayed. After the hours put in learning correct literacy it is imperative that the environment around the young learner is displaying the same techniques being taught. The more complex that everyday environment gets with changing technology, bigger economies, and the need for better jobs the more important it is to maintain proper literacy to and for parents to help children grow and manage a successful lifestyle. With increasing technology there have become a greater number of shortcuts being used. When cell phones first came about into everyday life, there may have been a charge per word or letter applied for SMS or text messages sent. To be able to get the point across in as few words or letters as possible, acronyms started being used, most of which were derived from people’s laziness in online chat rooms, such as LOL, OMG, and ASL. With these becoming so popular, the need for proper etiquette diminished as well. As the texting service become more popular cell phone companies started to offer plans with the option to choose how many texts you send per month or per contract life, unfortunately the lazy lingo of the chat rooms stuck around and has been passed on through the younger generations.