For me, it's the value of life. There are many things that make this up, acquisition of knowledge and application of same in an appropriate and timely manner, cordial relationship with others at different levels, enjoying every moment with loved ones, and giving back to humanity in a positive manner.

The best gift you can give to your children is education. If they are well educated, sky will be their limits in all capacity.

One of the best gifts parents can give to their children is to let them play, namely social games. To play is the activity children love most.

One of the best gifts parents can give to their children is not to treat them as if they were adults in miniature. Piaget's theory of cognitive development shows us that, say, the homunculus theory is outdated and that children's way of thinking is qualilatively different from that of adolesents and adults.

One of the best gifts parents can give to their children is to teach them, along with their teachers, that their education has much to do with, say, both the three Rs (Reading, Writing, Reasoning -- cognitive intelligence) and the three Cs of education (Care, Concern, Connection -- emotional intelligence). A comprehensive

primary school education must involve the three Rs and the three Cs.

One of the best gifts parents can give to their children is to deal with them in an authoritative, not an authoritarian or permissive manner. Authoritative parents are demanding in intellectual terms, but warm in terms of social interaction. Authoritarian parents are demanding in intellectual terms, but cold in terms of social interaction. And permissive parents are guided by, say, the slogan "laissez faire, laissez passser, laissez aller" (let it go). Research shows that in contrast with authoritarian or permissive parents, authoritative parents foster their children's psychological development, be it cognitive, social, interpersonal, moral or emotional.

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