July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Rosemond talks to teachers, parents (02/23/07)
By By JENNIFER TARTER-
John Rosemond remembers the way children used to be.
On Thursday, the nationally recognized speaker, author and columnist spoke about the differences in the way children were raised 50 years ago and the way children are raised today to Jay County elementary school teachers and principals.
The North Carolina resident also talked about how these differences affected school achievement and classroom behavior. Rosemond focused his program on parents during a program Thursday evening at East Jay Middle School.
"Parenting is leadership. One of the problems is that parents emphasize on their relationships (with their children)," Rosemond said. "You all seem to think your children are gifted but you treat them like fools... You respect a child by expecting a lot from your child."
Rosemond, the father of two, was told by his son's third grade teacher that his son was the worst behaved child she had in her class during her entire 20 years of teaching.
"I have walked through the fire," Rosemond said adding that before then he first raised his children using his psychologist perspective. "(My wife and I) realized almost overnight that we needed to create the household we had grown up in."
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This change came to be known as the Rosemond revolution.
His son made a complete turnaround after they made him remain in his room for one month; only being allowed out to go to the bathroom, school, eat meals and go places with the entire family.
"Once upon a time children ... slept in their own beds, ate what you put in front of them, were disciplined at home, and teachers taught," Rosemond said.
During his travels, stories of the way it was 50 years ago have also been shared with him.
He told the group Thursday, that a now-retired teacher came up to him following one of his programs and told him that when she started teaching she taught 95 elementary students with very few discipline problems.
"There were no out of control children," Rosemond said about children when he attended the first grade in 1952. He was part of a class of 50 students.
"Back then they did not use the word self-esteem. It was called being too big for your britches or being on you high horse. If you came to the first grade with high self esteem your teacher would bring it down," he said.
Rosemond also shared stories from his childhood, growing up as an only child in a single parent household.
"My mother had claimed her authority and I paid attention," Rosemond said. "Fifty years ago children were expected to lie in the bed they made; now the parent, mainly the mother, lies in that bed for them."
Since the early 1990s, Rosemond has given more than 200 presentations across the nation to parents, teachers and professional groups and has written nine books on families and parenting. His nationally syndicated column appears in more than 175 newspapers.
"I never give the same talk twice. My talks sometimes surprise me," Rosemond said at the beginning of his presentation to area teachers Thursday. "I'm sort of like a jazz musician. It's a new song that I have been playing for 20 years. I never know how it's going to start or how it's going to end but I know what I'm going to say to you."
Both programs were funded through a Comprehensive School Reform grant Judge Haynes received from the Indiana Department of Education in the fall of 2005.[[In-content Ad]]
On Thursday, the nationally recognized speaker, author and columnist spoke about the differences in the way children were raised 50 years ago and the way children are raised today to Jay County elementary school teachers and principals.
The North Carolina resident also talked about how these differences affected school achievement and classroom behavior. Rosemond focused his program on parents during a program Thursday evening at East Jay Middle School.
"Parenting is leadership. One of the problems is that parents emphasize on their relationships (with their children)," Rosemond said. "You all seem to think your children are gifted but you treat them like fools... You respect a child by expecting a lot from your child."
Rosemond, the father of two, was told by his son's third grade teacher that his son was the worst behaved child she had in her class during her entire 20 years of teaching.
"I have walked through the fire," Rosemond said adding that before then he first raised his children using his psychologist perspective. "(My wife and I) realized almost overnight that we needed to create the household we had grown up in."
See Rosemond page 6
Continued from page 1
This change came to be known as the Rosemond revolution.
His son made a complete turnaround after they made him remain in his room for one month; only being allowed out to go to the bathroom, school, eat meals and go places with the entire family.
"Once upon a time children ... slept in their own beds, ate what you put in front of them, were disciplined at home, and teachers taught," Rosemond said.
During his travels, stories of the way it was 50 years ago have also been shared with him.
He told the group Thursday, that a now-retired teacher came up to him following one of his programs and told him that when she started teaching she taught 95 elementary students with very few discipline problems.
"There were no out of control children," Rosemond said about children when he attended the first grade in 1952. He was part of a class of 50 students.
"Back then they did not use the word self-esteem. It was called being too big for your britches or being on you high horse. If you came to the first grade with high self esteem your teacher would bring it down," he said.
Rosemond also shared stories from his childhood, growing up as an only child in a single parent household.
"My mother had claimed her authority and I paid attention," Rosemond said. "Fifty years ago children were expected to lie in the bed they made; now the parent, mainly the mother, lies in that bed for them."
Since the early 1990s, Rosemond has given more than 200 presentations across the nation to parents, teachers and professional groups and has written nine books on families and parenting. His nationally syndicated column appears in more than 175 newspapers.
"I never give the same talk twice. My talks sometimes surprise me," Rosemond said at the beginning of his presentation to area teachers Thursday. "I'm sort of like a jazz musician. It's a new song that I have been playing for 20 years. I never know how it's going to start or how it's going to end but I know what I'm going to say to you."
Both programs were funded through a Comprehensive School Reform grant Judge Haynes received from the Indiana Department of Education in the fall of 2005.[[In-content Ad]]
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