Maria Montessori would have cautioned that children not only hear everything, but they also see, imprint, and even mirror our behaviors. The child is watching the adults around her/him from birth. Everything we do, everything we say is locked away in her/his memory. In her book, The Child in the Family, (1956) Montessori makes her point very clearly:
The child is sensitive and impressionable to such a degree that the adult ought to monitor everything he says and does, for everything is literally engraved in the child’s mind. (p 40)
Parents need to understand how important behavioral modeling is for their children. Discrepancies between home and school environments can be challenging for students. The role of parents is to put their beliefs in what their children should do and say into action. This means becoming an active role model for their own children.
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