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<\/a>Brain Rules for Baby (John Medina)<\/p><\/div>\n
Cannot remember what is the last book I read before this \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
But this book is quite eye-opener for a first-time parents. The writer tried to answer 5 basic questions that are always asked by every parents during his sessions :<\/p>\n
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- “What can my baby learn while she is still in my womb?”<\/li>\n
- “What’s going to happen to my marriage after we bring our baby home?”<\/li>\n
- “How do I get my kid into Harvard?”<\/li>\n
- “How can I make sure my little one is going to be happy?”<\/li>\n
- “How do I make my child good?”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
And the writer hypothesize that ‘parenting is about brain development’<\/span><\/strong>. Brain development will have direct contribution to children becoming smart (Question 3), learning to be happy (Question 4), and becoming a good person (Question 5). Below are some pointers, but in the end, IMO, the key is simple : BE THERE with YOUR CHILDREN<\/span> as much as you can.<\/p>\n
On BECOMING SMART<\/span><\/h4>\n
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- What is the ingredients of human’s intelligence ? (1) Desire to explore, (2) Self-Control, (3) Creativity, (4) Communication (esp the nonverbal)<\/li>\n
- 50% of intelligence is genetic, the other 50% is environment.<\/li>\n
- What kind of environment parents need to provide? (1) breastfed, (2) talking to your baby a lot, (3) play with your baby, (4) praise the effort, not the result<\/li>\n
- Remember, brain job is not\u00a0 learning, it is surviving<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
On LEARNING to be HAPPY<\/span><\/h4>\n
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- The only thing that really matters in life are your relationship to other people<\/span>.<\/li>\n
- And what is the key to have a good relationship? EMPATHY<\/span>.<\/li>\n
- What parent should do : same as above : watch, listen, respond, plus show a good emotion to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
On BECOMING GOOD PERSON<\/span><\/h4>\n
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- How good a person is measured by how willing he\/she to make the right choices and to withstand pressure to make the wrong ones, even in the absence of reward\/punishment.<\/li>\n
- What parent should do : (1) clear-consistent rule, (2) let your yes be yes and your no be no (*sigh)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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IT’S NOT A RACE!!!<\/span><\/h4>\n
This is probably the wake-up call. To most parents, brain development is like competition, they see their kids more as merit badges than as people<\/span>. This is called HYPER-PARENTING. And it’s inside us as parent.<\/p>\n
Just remember when you put an excessive expectations of them : “THEY WILL PLEASE and FULFILL WHEN LITTLE, but WILL RESIST an d REBEL WHEN OLDER”<\/p>\n
And to close this post I quote :\u00a0 “never pursue their intellectual success at the expense of their happiness”<\/span>.<\/p>\n
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Rating : \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Category : Parenting Author : John Medina Cannot remember what is the last book I read before this \ud83d\ude42 But this book is quite eye-opener for a first-time parents. The writer tried to answer 5 basic questions that are always asked by every parents during his sessions : “What can my baby read more
- And what is the key to have a good relationship? EMPATHY<\/span>.<\/li>\n
- The only thing that really matters in life are your relationship to other people<\/span>.<\/li>\n