2. PARENTS AS PARTNERS

3. LAKE TAWAKONI PARC ROME ITALY

4. Why partnership between parents and teachers -16 % in a childs’ life is school time -Informal and formal learning -Children are social and have a ‘social chart’ -Children perform better if parents are involved -School is the place to learn democracy -Schools can’t simply do everything (skills, attitudes,values, virtues)

5. Partnership -Equality and respect for eachothers role -Balance in power

6. ROLE OF THE TEACHER -Pedagogist -Didactic -Methodologist

7. ROLE OF THE PARENT To teach children -Skills -Attitudes -Values and Norms -Virtues

8. MOST IMPORTANT CO-EDUCATORS -SCHOOLS -MEDIA -PEER GROUPS -SPORTS -YOUTHWORK

9. 22 HOURS TELEVISION (excl. ICT) 20-26HOURS SCHOOL 56HOURS SLEEP 3-8HOURS SPORTS 7-14HOURS EATING WITH FAMILY 5-14HOURS HOMEWORK

10. Total Marketing Alcohol industry in the Netherlands 2000273 million euro Of which Advertissement alcohol in the Netherlands 199356 million euro 199886 million euro 2003121 million euro

11. Introduction Bacardi Breezer in Great Britain Marketing budget € 55 million a year

12. Revenues for the Dutch Government Special alcohol taxes 2003€ 966 million VAT 2000€ 726 million

13. ‘ the consuming behaviour of the children is the responsabilty of the parents ‘

14. Research Harvard school of Public Health Children who look television take 167 calories per hour ‘Children eat what they watch instead of watch what they eat’

15. ‘ The health of children including healthy nutrition is the responsability of their parents’

16. Well …….is television really so influencial ???

19. ‘ American Medical Association finding shows that in homes with premium cable channels, or a VCR or DVD, children typically witness 32,000 murders and 40,000 attempted murders by the time they reach the age of 18 ’.

20. …Mediaconsumption of Children is the responsability of the parents ??…

21. When will Government, parents, schools and other stakeholders really become partners in raising up a new generation ?

22. BUT ……. WHAT ABOUT THIS LAKE TAWAKONI ??

32. LAKE TAWAKONI PARC – TEXAS USA

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34. FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN

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