成功关键取决于智商还是性格?We are living through a particularly anxious moment in the history of American parenting.In the nation's big cities these days,the competition among affluent parents over slots in favored preschools verges on t

成功关键取决于智商还是性格?We are living through a particularly anxious moment in the history of American parenting.In the nation's big cities these days,the competition among affluent parents over slots in favored preschools verges on t
成功关键取决于智商还是性格?
We are living through a particularly anxious moment in the history of American parenting.In the nation's big cities these days,the competition among affluent parents over slots in favored preschools verges on the gladiatorial.A pair of economists from the University of California recently dubbed this contest for early academic achievement the 'Rug Rat Race,' and each year,the race seems to be starting earlier and growing more intense.在培养孩子的问题上,美国的家长们正在经历一个分外焦虑的时期.现如今,在这个国家的各大城市,生活富足的家长之间争抢心仪幼儿园学位的竞争几乎到了角斗般的地步.最近,加州大学(University of California)的两名经济学家把这种在早期学业成就方面的竞争称作“幼儿竞争”(Rug Rat Race).每一年,这种竞争似乎都比前一年开始得更早,程度也越来越激烈.

成功关键取决于智商还是性格?We are living through a particularly anxious moment in the history of American parenting.In the nation's big cities these days,the competition among affluent parents over slots in favored preschools verges on t
Instead, it seems, the most valuable thing that parents can do to help their children develop noncognitive skills - which is to say, to develop their character - may be to do nothing. To back off a bit. To let our children face some adversity on their own, to fall down and not be helped back up. When you talk today to teachers and administrators at high-achieving high schools, this is their greatest concern: that their students are so overly protected from adversity, in their homes and at school, that they never develop the crucial ability to overcome real setbacks and in the process to develop strength of character.反之,若要帮助孩子培养非认知技能（也就是说塑造他们的性格）,家长所能做的最有价值的事情或许就是什么都不做.家长要少干预一些,要让孩子们独自面对一些困境,任由他们摔倒、无人扶持.现如今,你要是和一些教学质量优异的高中的老师和行政管理人员谈话,就会发现这是他们最大的担忧：学生们在家中和学校受到过度保护,不会遭遇困境,因此他们从未培养出克服实际挫折的关键能力,相应地也没有在这个过程中形成坚毅的性格. 查看原帖>>