孩子的好奇心
孩子具有与生俱来的好奇心。他们天生对于新鲜的事物充满浓厚的兴趣,而成年后这种兴趣则逐渐减少。当他们还是婴儿的时候这是好事,因为一个塑料盖子就足以吸引他们玩一个小时,这样妈妈就可以把她的家务做完。当他们2或3岁的时候,他们可以开始用言语表达他们的好奇心, 此时,父母会突然面对一个选择: 我应该如何回答这个问题,或者应该回答吗?
在孩子还年幼的生命阶段中,周遭的世界对他/她充满魅力,吸引他们去寻求答案。妈妈,为什么?爸爸,这是如何做到的?那些什么时候会发生?在哪里?是什么?谁? 起初,我们还会觉得这些问题很有趣,可是当越来越多的问题接踵而至,甚至一个问题重复不停的多次问时,我们将很快对此失去耐心。我们想知道为什么真空吸尘器设有开关机按钮,而我们的孩子却没有,他们什么时候能推出升级的2.0版本,好纠正这个明显的设计缺陷?!
不是孩子们存在设计的缺陷。问题在于你,而不在于你3岁的孩子。人们是通过实践来学习的。孩子们天生就爱探索和实验。一个充满好奇心的孩子是一个健康的孩子,当你的孩子充满好奇,你应该为此庆幸,这是一个好的迹象表明你的孩子身上具有天赋和潜力,他渴望学习。孩童时期如果鼓励他去探究问题的答案,当他成年时,他会寻找解决问题的方案。当求知的欲望得到满足,他将引领生活,有能力处理成人世界中的各种复杂问题。
就这一点,我的妻子和我绝不是完美的,但是我们决定回答他们成长过程中提出的所有问题,即使只是一个微不足道的小问题,我们也耐心的回答他们。我们不想因为给我们带来的不便,而压制他们对于事物的好奇。我们竭尽所能的对他们好奇的问题给予有意义的答案。回首过去,我很高兴我们做到了。现在我们的孩子都已经长大,他们正在学习努力解决难题。他们不会被复杂的问题吓到。看起来好奇心也是一种化了妆的祝福。
Curiosity
Children are naturally curious. They are born with this insatiable interest in things about which we as adults could care less. While that can be a good thing when they are infants, since they can play with a plastic cover for an hour while Mom gets her housework done, by the time they are 2 or 3, and can start to verbalize their curiosity, parents are all of a sudden faced with a choice: am I going to answer this question or not?
There comes a time in the life of a young child when his or her fascination with the world demands answers. Why, Mommy? Dad, how did it do that? When does that happen? Where? What? Who? Atfirstit can berathercute, but when the questions come in rapidsuccession,and include a lot of repetition,ourpatience runs thin. We wonder why our vacuum cleaner comes withanon/off switch, but my child does not. When will they come out withanupgrade, version 2.0, that will correct this obvious design flaw?!
There is no design flaw here. The problem is not with yourthree year old, it is with you. People learn by doing.Children are born toexplore,and experiment. A curious child is a healthy child.I should rejoice when he or she is inquisitive;itis a sign that my child has agift,and potential, that he is eager to learn. When he is encouraged to dig for answers as a child, he will look for solutions when he is an adult. When the thirst for knowledge is satisfied, he will lead a life thirsty, not for the simple things of childhood, butthe complex ones in an adult world.
My wife and I were by no means perfect in this sense, but we determined to answer even the most trivial of questions of our children growing up. We did not want to squelch them because of the inconvenience to us. Wetried as best we could to meaningfully answer their curiosity. Looking back, I am glad we did. As our kids have grown, they are learning to tackle hard questions. They are not intimidated by complex problems. Seemslike curiosity was a blessingin disguiseafter all.
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