检讨一下，你有这些迷思吗？

gajidouma

Myth:
To promote the “best” brain development, infants & young children need the latest gadgets & gear.
Reality: Old-fashioned play & physical experiences offer the best opportunities for brain development.

Myth: Children have to be encouraged to learn.
Reality: Children are “hardwired” with a craving for discovery and learning. Forcing it – as well-intentioned as it might be – may unwittingly create a whole who learns to dislike learning.

Myth: Where sports are concerned, starting earlier is better.
Reality: The positive aspects of sports participation can be negated when the experience demands more than a child is ready for.

Myth: Children who are enrolled in organized sports are taught the skills needed to play.
Reality: Children are more often expected to jump right in and play – with or without the necessary skills.

Myth: The only way to ensure success in sport activities is to start playing sports early.
Reality: A child will derive far more benefit from first mastering the fundamentals of movement.

Myth: Standardized tests are an accurate measurement of a child’s intelligence.
Reality: There are many kinds of intelligence, and standardized tests fail to measure most of them.

Myth: An early emphasis on “academics” will ensure a more successful future.
Reality: A young child is not developmentally ready for traditional academics and learns more through play and exploration than through “skill-and-drill” and worksheets.

Myth: The sole purpose of a child’s education is to teach reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic.
Reality: A true education addresses the whole child – mind, body, and spirit.

Myth: To achieve Tiger Woods’s kind of success, children must specialize early.
Reality: Tiger Woods was a rare exception, and specialization can cause early burnout and keep children from discovering their true passions and talents.

Myth: Parents and other adults are responsible for giving children self-esteem.
Reality: Self-esteem can’t be bestowed!

Myth: Being able to compete in a “dog-eat-dog” world is a necessary characteristic for children.
Reality: The old-fashioned values will be more important to a child’s future than winning.

Myth: Downtime is wasted time.
Reality: Downtime is essential to a productive life.

Myth: Parents bear the full responsibility for a child’s future.
Reality: Today’s parents worry too much!

gajidouma

Many parents have been led to believe that if their child excels in school and in sports at a very early age, she or he will grow up to be a more successful adult. By getting a “head start,” their children will have an advantage in what they perceive to be a highly competitive world. The thinking goes:

• The road to success is through scoring goals and acing tests (the child with the most blue ribbons and the highest grades wins).

• By “accelerating” their children’s development, parents can ensure a more successful future for them.

• That as parents, they — and they alone — are responsible for determining their children’s futures.

• If they don’t do “whatever it takes,” their children will not succeed.

I call these well-intentioned but often misplaced expectations the “superkid” myths — defining success not in terms of happiness, but in terms of being better and having more than the other guy. The result of these myths is that no longer can children just be; they must do. Childhood today has become a dress rehearsal for adulthood, and, for many children, life has become a great big competition. A race to walk and talk earlier than the other infants. To get into the best preschool. To be a star at Little League. To participate in the most activities. To excel. To win. To be the most “above-average” child in the history of children. To have a résumé, upon entrance into first grade, that will guarantee a place in the best high school, the best college, and later, in the best corporation/law firm/medical practice.
But what are kids really winning when they’re losing out on childhood? There are millions of adults out there who are tired of the rat race, and they didn’t start racing until they were at least in their twenties. How long can today’s children be expected to love life when they start racing before they’re even toddling?

The good news is that things are beginning to turn around. Many of today’s parents have begun to realize that they’ve taken on too much — and that maybe they needn’t worry so much. If you haven’t yet gathered the courage to step off the race track that life has become, or to simply change course — if you still worry that your child will fall behind, or won’t find him– or herself or a path to a worthy future — perhaps you can take comfort, if not from a trust in Mother Nature, then from the expertise of those who’ve studied such matters. Research confirms that babies are born with the desire to learn, to discover what they’re passionate about, and to achieve their goals. There is also evidence that children who haven’t been over-pressured, over-nurtured, or overindulged have greater life skills than those who grow up having things done for or pushed upon them. And, best of all, much of children’s development is ensured and enhanced by play and physical activity!

麦兜王子

看着有点晕，太高深了，等有兴趣的时候再来研究。

听语漫步

迷糊中

newid_159239

英语水平真是令人羡慕,我还得努力才行.现在每天都苦学几个单词,(为了教儿子)但是忘得太快.

雪人姐姐

By getting a “head start,” their children will have an advantage in what they perceive to be a highly competitive world.
又是逻辑推理有问题