Small kids are naturally creative, but as we grow our confidence in our own ability can be lost along the way. Those who are homeschool experts will quickly agree that their children show unbounding creativity. However, if your child has just come to homeschooling from mainstream school, this is a common problem. In an environment where mistakes are embarrassing and certainly not encouraged, creativity often takes a back seat to conformity. There is no more glaring example than to enter a classroom and see 28 identical bird artworks on the wall. As homeschooling parents we play a vital role in developing creativity in our children. Creativity can be rediscovered. One of the very best ways to help your child, is to find your own creativity. Think about an area you, as a parent, might enjoy being creative and let’s get to work. If you take the steps to find your own creativity, your children will naturally follow you, and creativity will become a part of family life.
In any creative endeavour, you have to give yourself permission to create junk. There is no way around it. Sometimes you have to write 4 terrible pages just to discover that you wrote one good sentence in the second paragraph of the third page.
Creating something useful and compelling is like being a gold miner. You have to sift through pounds of dirt and rock and silt just to find a speck of gold in the middle of it all. Bits and pieces of genius will find their way to you, if you give yourself permission to let the muse flow.
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No single act will uncover more creative genius than forcing yourself to create consistently. Practicing your craft over and over is the only way to become decent at it. The person who sits around thinking about what a best-selling book looks like will never write it. Meanwhile, the writer who shows up every day and puts their butt in the chair and their hands on the keyboard — they are learning how to do the work.
If you want to do your best creative work, then don’t leave it up to choice. Don’t wake up in the morning and think, “I hope I feel inspired to create something today.” You need to take the decision-making out of it. Set a schedule for your work. Genius arrives when you show up enough times to get the average ideas out of the way.
Finish something. Anything. Stop researching, planning, and preparing to do the work and just do the work. It doesn’t matter how good or how bad it is. You don’t need to set the world on fire with your first try. You just need to prove to yourself that you have what it takes to produce something.
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There are no artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, or scientists who became great by half-finishing their work. Stop debating what you should make and just make something.
It is natural to judge your work. It is natural to feel disappointed that your creation isn’t as wonderful as you hoped it would be, or that you’re not getting any better at your craft. But the key is to not let your discontent prevent you from continuing to do the work.
You have to practice enough self-compassion to not let self-judgement take over. Sure, you care about your work, but don’t get so serious about it that you can’t laugh off your mistakes and continue to produce the thing you love. Don’t let judgment prevent delivery.
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Share your work publicly. It will hold you accountable to creating your best work. It will provide feedback for doing better work. And when you see others connect with what you create, it will inspire you and make you care more.
Sometimes sharing your work means you have to deal with haters and critics. But more often than not, the only thing that happens is that you rally the people who believe the same things you believe, are excited about the same things you are excited about, or who support the work that you believe in — who wouldn’t want that? The world needs people who put creative work out into the world. What seems simple to you is often brilliant to someone else. But you’ll never know that unless you choose to share.
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Our premium homeschooling report creator helps you cut through the complexity of Government reporting, while giving you time back and creating a wonderful showcase of everything your child has achieved throughout the year.Everybody knows what a family is, but trying to find a widely accepted definition is actually very hard. I’ve been looking at how various writers define families and the following are some examples. I’m not going to comment on them except to say that historically, like today, families took (take) many forms (Beck-Gernsheim, 2002) and so I believe we need to have inclusive definitions of family that recognises the diversity of experiences in relation to families. (Some of the following do not pass this test!) It is worth remembering that defining family can be a political strategy to exclude some people. For example, in 2004 the Australian Marriage Act was amended by the Howard Government to specifically exclude same sex couples from marrying. I do not support this type of exclusion. The family studies I am interested in recognises there is a wide diversity in families.
A group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit… A group of people related by blood or marriage (Oxford Dictionaries). The family is a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted, of the sexually cohabiting couple (Murdock, 1949 quoted in Steel, Kidd, & Brown, 2012, p. 2). Two or more persons, one of whom is at least 15 years of age, who are related by blood, marriage (registered or de facto), adoption, step or fostering, and who are usually resident in the same household (The Australian Bureau of Statistics). A family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family (U.S. Census Bureau). A group of persons directly linked by kin connections, adult members of which assume responsibility of caring for children (Giddens 1993 quoted in Steel et al., 2012, p. 2). Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another and reside usually in the same dwelling (LoveToKnow Family). A network of related kin (Goldthorpe, 1987 quoted in Steel et al., 2012, p. 3). Family signifies “the subjective meaning of intimate connections rather than formal, objective blood or marriage ties” (Silva & Smart, 1999 quoted in Lindsay & Dempsey, 2009, p. 6) A family is a group of individuals in which there is a generational connection present (i.e., a parent-child relationship is found). Additionally, family members provide close intimate contact (usually characterized by deeply held commitment, trust, respect, and a sense of longer term obligation. It is assumed that sexual intimacy is an element of the relationship between the parents and that this family group seeks to achieve goals by acquiring, allocating and distributing resources (i.e., time, money, space, and close personal contact) (Day, 2010, p. 14). A family is “a psychosocial group constituted by at least one adult member and one or more others who work as a group toward mutual need fulfillment, nurturance, and development (Fitzpatrick & Wamboldt, 1990 quoted in Edwards & Graham, 2009, p. 193). Families are who you love. Our families all “look” different and it’s always been so. A family caregiving unit might consist of a couple; a mother, father and children; a single parent and child; grandparent and grandchildren; a sibling group; a circle of friends; or however that family defines itself (Family Ties). Perhaps in the broadest sense of the word, a family is a group of people who have intimate social relationships and have a history together (Leeder, 2004, p. 25).
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Share your work publicly. It will hold you accountable to creating your best work. It will provide feedback for doing better work. And when you see others connect with what you create, it will inspire you and make you care more.
Sometimes sharing your work means you have to deal with haters and critics. But more often than not, the only thing that happens is that you rally the people who believe the same things you believe, are excited about the same things you are excited about, or who support the work that you believe in — who wouldn’t want that? The world needs people who put creative work out into the world. What seems simple to you is often brilliant to someone else. But you’ll never know that unless you choose to share.
We assist you to prepare your registration application by providing all the documentation and support you need. We also provide a simple and effective way of reporting that shows excellence in your child’s education.
Unique Birth Gift For Your New Born Baby By Daxx Evans
Our premium homeschooling report creator helps you cut through the complexity of Government reporting, while giving you time back and creating a wonderful showcase of everything your child has achieved throughout the year.Everybody knows what a family is, but trying to find a widely accepted definition is actually very hard. I’ve been looking at how various writers define families and the following are some examples. I’m not going to comment on them except to say that historically, like today, families took (take) many forms (Beck-Gernsheim, 2002) and so I believe we need to have inclusive definitions of family that recognises the diversity of experiences in relation to families. (Some of the following do not pass this test!) It is worth remembering that defining family can be a political strategy to exclude some people. For example, in 2004 the Australian Marriage Act was amended by the Howard Government to specifically exclude same sex couples from marrying. I do not support this type of exclusion. The family studies I am interested in recognises there is a wide diversity in families.
A group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit… A group of people related by blood or marriage (Oxford Dictionaries). The family is a social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted, of the sexually cohabiting couple (Murdock, 1949 quoted in Steel, Kidd, & Brown, 2012, p. 2). Two or more persons, one of whom is at least 15 years of age, who are related by blood, marriage (registered or de facto), adoption, step or fostering, and who are usually resident in the same household (The Australian Bureau of Statistics). A family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family (U.S. Census Bureau). A group of persons directly linked by kin connections, adult members of which assume responsibility of caring for children (Giddens 1993 quoted in Steel et al., 2012, p. 2). Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another and reside usually in the same dwelling (LoveToKnow Family). A network of related kin (Goldthorpe, 1987 quoted in Steel et al., 2012, p. 3). Family signifies “the subjective meaning of intimate connections rather than formal, objective blood or marriage ties” (Silva & Smart, 1999 quoted in Lindsay & Dempsey, 2009, p. 6) A family is a group of individuals in which there is a generational connection present (i.e., a parent-child relationship is found). Additionally, family members provide close intimate contact (usually characterized by deeply held commitment, trust, respect, and a sense of longer term obligation. It is assumed that sexual intimacy is an element of the relationship between the parents and that this family group seeks to achieve goals by acquiring, allocating and distributing resources (i.e., time, money, space, and close personal contact) (Day, 2010, p. 14). A family is “a psychosocial group constituted by at least one adult member and one or more others who work as a group toward mutual need fulfillment, nurturance, and development (Fitzpatrick & Wamboldt, 1990 quoted in Edwards & Graham, 2009, p. 193). Families are who you love. Our families all “look” different and it’s always been so. A family caregiving unit might consist of a couple; a mother, father and children; a single parent and child; grandparent and grandchildren; a sibling group; a circle of friends; or however that family defines itself (Family Ties). Perhaps in the broadest sense of the word, a family is a group of people who have intimate social relationships and have a history together (Leeder, 2004, p. 25).
If you liked this post you might want to follow my blog (top right-hand corner of the blog), and you might like to look at:
All Ages Family Fun In Downtown Rochester
About Graeme Stuart Lecturer (Family Action Centre, Newcastle Uni), blogger (Sustaining Community), Alternatives to Violence Project facilitator, environmentalist, father. Passionate about families, community development, peace, sustainability.
This entry was posted in Families & parenting and tagged Definitions, Diversity, Families, Families & parenting, Family Studies, For students, What is. Bookmark the permalink.
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