Chineseareverygenerouswhileeducatingchildren.Notcaringaboutthemoney,parentsoftensendtheirchildrentothebestschoolsorevenabroadtostudybecausetheybelievethatthemoreexpensiveaneducationis,thebetteritis.①Soparentswillspendanunreasonableamountofmoneyoneducation.②Evenpoorcoupleswillbuyacomputerfortheirchildren.
However,thebestearlyeducationisusuallyverycheap.
Children’sskillsvary.Mostparentsfailtorealizethough,③whatchildrenlacktodayisself-respectandself-confidence.
Theproblemisthatparentsareonlyeducatingtheirchildrenonhowtotakemultiplechoicetestsandstudywellinsteadofthemostimportantskillsofbeingconfident,happyandclever.Parentscanachievethisbyteachingpracticalskillslikecooking,sewingandotherhousework.
Cookingwillimprovemanyskillschildrenneedlaterinlife.Thoughdemandingpatienceandtime,itisanenjoyableexperience.Agoodcookalwaystriestoimprovehiscooking,soheworkshardandgraduallyfinisheshisjobsuccessfully.Hisresult,awell-cookeddinner,willgivehimmuchsatisfactionandalotofself-confidence.
Someoldmachines,suchasabrokenradioorTVsetyourchildplayswithwillmakehimcuriousandarousehisinterest.Hemayspendhourslookingatthem,tryingtofixthem.Theseactivitiesarenotmerelyteachingachildtoreadabook,butrathertothink,tousehismind.Andthatismoreimportant.