Children have an incredible way of teaching us to view the world with fresh, unbiased perspectives. There's something truly remarkable about having children in our lives, whether they're our own kids, nieces, nephews, neighbors, or the children of our friends. Their candid viewpoints on various adult topics can be like a breath of fresh air.
In our previous post "How do you evaluate the performance of your children?", we discussed the significance of performance evaluation from the perspective of a father helping his child grow. Now, we have the privilege of hearing from a child, Pedro, who will share his thoughts on how feedback is practiced and needed to fuel continuous learning and astound us with his intelligence and insights.
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What is feedback?
"Feedback is all the answers and comments that I get about something that I have done. Although I am not a senior executive of a large company, I receive feedback in my day-to-day life from my teachers at school, from my family , from my friends and from my soccer coaches".
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Feedback at school
"When the teacher gives me the opinion of a task I have done, I prefer that she gives it to me alone, whether I do it well or badly, because when she tells me that it is wrong I get angry, I block myself, because I have worked a lot and I I feel bad. When I do it well I am very happy to see that the work is correct and that the effort has been worth it. It also encourages me to continue doing it well for the next tasks".
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Feedback in soccer
"Contrary to what happens to me at school, when the coach tells me I'm not playing well, I prefer her to tell me with my teammates in front of me, because that's how they see my mistakes and help me correct them. When she tells me I'm playing well, I also like it when he tells me in front of my colleagues, it makes me get excited".
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Feedback with my friends
"When I have to tell a friend that he is doing something wrong, I just tell him and he tries to rectify it. As there is a lot of trust, sometimes we can be quite rude saying things to each other, but we say them with affection. For example, when we play a game online and because of one of us we lose the game, we say everything, but we play another round and we only keep what we have to improve to finally win".
"Sometimes I think about what I've done and how I've done it (from what I've read on the Hrider blog, that's called self-assessment). I like to perfect my grades and my throw-ins and no one knows better than me how I do those things or why I fail. So from time to time I like to think about how to improve even if others don't tell me."
"I like to receive feedback. Both positive and negative (except at school, in which case I get upset). And I love giving feedback because I believe that this way we help each other improve. Like when I tell one of my friends who forgot to zip up his pants [laughs], although I don't know if that's real feedback, but it's fun and I help him improve his image".
We've been incredibly fortunate to gain valuable insights from Pedro, whose reflections teach us how to naturally embrace continuous feedback as the best tool for our learning journey. Thank you, champ!
And to address any concerns, we want to assure everyone that we have the permission of Pedro's mother, and no bribes of sweets for an entire year were involved in securing her collaboration for our blog!