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Most of Raphales’ daily life rotates around the education of his 11-year-old daughter. Given that before the teenager is already a college graduate, it is very design.
In May, his daughter Alice Earned two associated degrees . She is ready to start with California University, Riverside This fall, studying a bachelor’s degree in computer science so that she can eventually work in the technological field, she says.
Rafael, 51, left his staffing career as a lawyer in San Bernardine, California The lonely dad could prioritize and teach her. His career sacrifice is the reflection of his main rule of raising children, he says: “Children come first. It comes first, including me. I am quite far on the list of important things.”
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When Raphael initially decided to leave his career, Alice was already taking over ABCS and hoped for hundreds, he says. His other child, already a 32-year-old son, was already leaving the house and worked as a plumbing student. When he thought of Alice’s potential benefits, which attracts attention and custody of the dad, the choice “became quite simple,” he says.
Without income from the law, the family sometimes fought financially. They remained “afloat” with rent in commercial real estate, which Raphael belonged to Jerma, California, which he had previously bought with a “modest heritage” from his own parents, he says.
Even in times when he was experiencing for payment of accounts, he remained sure that he was fully focusing on Alice’s education, “he says. “I always had the confidence that I would find a way to do it no matter what.”
Creating a regular routine
By the age of 2, Alice could read on his own, says Raphael. He home at school up to school up to 8 years-when she completed the course work required California to earn her high school diploma from different curriculum and online pedagogical reference books based on her interests and qualification level.
According to him, the teacher of home school Alice Rafael worked to create a regular mode for her As a way to help children feel safer During training and play. Usually they adhere to the training schedule and school work from 8am to 16 o’clock, five days a week, he says.
Raphael’s double role in the role of dad and the teacher helped to keep Alice, not “(GOOFING),” he also became aware of the need to avoid overloading, he says. Alice often went with her scooter to the houses of friends in the neighborhood for extracurricular games, and in most Wednesdays, Rafael drove her to Disneyland in a neighboring analyst to give her a “release valve” that awaits every week, he says.
He also included Alice’s training on vacation, visiting places such as Grand Kanion or Mount Rashmor to learn about subjects such as history and geography, he says. “We were not really too different (from the public school) in the amount of study we conducted. But we certainly were, I think, being more productive,” Rafael says.
Now the plans for the future of Alice look like many recent college graduates. She says she looks forward to “meeting new people and creating new friends”, traveling the world and eventually working in the technological industry, perhaps her own startup works, she says.
Since it is only 11, Raphael intends to accompany her for most of these plans, and when Alice launches the startup, he will probably become her co-founder, she says. She will live at home and ride UC Riverside, and Raphael will wait for a campus during classes, which means that he is unlikely to return to full -time, he adds.
“When people ask, ‘Are you going back to work? “(I say):” Yes, someday I could slow down and relax and do something like 9 to 5. “But not now,” says Raphael.
The value of quality time with children
Many children’s upbringing experts warn parents so as not to fully ignore their own well -being, even if they prioritize the child’s health and development. Those who risk burnt and many other mental health problems according to American Psychological Association.
But children in any educational conditions can take advantage of parents who take an active role in their learning and development, show studies. Children in the usual school conditions whose parents invest and participate in education 2011 Training Researchers at the University of Brown and North Carolina University in Grinsbara.
Parents who consistently cancel the time for practical activities can help their children achieve Higher test scoresand Increased motivation and interaction School shows other studies.
The quality of the time you spend with your children – at educational activities or entertainment activities – Usually matters more than the amount of timeChildren’s psychologist Tov Klein told CNBC to do so in March 2023. Quality time is the main factor in raising children who are happy, confident and motivated, she said.
“It is almost always possible to say that less for children for children. They just want to be with you,” said Klein, director of the Barnard Development Center. “It is always about the quality of relationships (and) the quality of interactions.”
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