as a single parent I truly nurture not to compensate..aware of the Alpha male and missing the two parent family..I talk with children and learn from them, I learn from them..open to learning more..interesting!~My mother a psychologist..helped me learn from failure, mistakes and ascent on the positive..
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The very LAST people anyone should listen to regarding the raising of their children is someone like "Po" here... What makes "Po" think that the horriffic results of past academic meddling in so far as children are concerned won't be REPEATED OR WORSE by listening to Ashley and him? Plenty of children have turned out just fine without the assistance of the "experts". My advice to "Po" and "Ashley" is to go learn a trade and quit writing how-to books for a living.
Wanna know how to be a good parent? I'll tell you all you need to know and I won't even sell you a book for it. Be warm and affectionate with your children. Let them fall asleep on your chest under a warm blanket while watching television. Ask them questions about the things they see and hear so that they learn how to LEARN and evaluate for themselves.Teach them science by letting them work on your old car with you or refinishing an old piece of furniture out in the garage. That's parenting.
Again, this guy "Po" and his friend "Ashley" have no skill... They write books because they have no skill to do anything else in life. "Po" is not a carpenter or an electrician or a scientist or a doctor or an architect or welder or small businessperson of any kind... "Po" is a book salesman. "Po" like to write nonsensical books and collect a paycheck for it. THAT is not a respectable skill in my opinion. "Po" can create NOTHIING! And you're taking his advice??? Think about it...
@SpockOfRock I saw a poptech video by Ashley Merryman and it was very well done! I haven't read their book, and noticed in her speech she was more of a collaborator in the sense that she took different studies by different people and put them all together, like a scientific mosaic. This could imply that she doesn't have any new ideas of her own, however, it has been shown that it is much more creative to take something old and make it new again, because there are more constraints on it.
@SpockOfRock And even if Po is just in this for the book selling, if he has some good points I would still give them value because it's logical to take advantage of that, regardless of his ethics.
Finally ! As a teacher of 20 years, I can't tell you how frustrating it is that we are not allowed to make any negative comments and we are even discouraged from giving failing grades. We are barely allowed to reprimand children for bad behavior,irresonsibility ,etc. As a result, we have done them a great disservice.
as a single parent I truly nurture not to compensate..aware of the Alpha male and missing the two parent family..I talk with children and learn from them, I learn from them..open to learning more..interesting!~My mother a psychologist..helped me learn from failure, mistakes and ascent on the positive..
JoaniMac1 1 month ago
I like the idea of praising kids for their effort and not for their intelligence.
MsOrchidBouquet 5 months ago
Po Bronson makes sense!
3AMVideoz 1 year ago
This is Mike Riera's stuff?
jayscott49 2 years ago
I like this guy.
maths23 2 years ago
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The very LAST people anyone should listen to regarding the raising of their children is someone like "Po" here... What makes "Po" think that the horriffic results of past academic meddling in so far as children are concerned won't be REPEATED OR WORSE by listening to Ashley and him? Plenty of children have turned out just fine without the assistance of the "experts". My advice to "Po" and "Ashley" is to go learn a trade and quit writing how-to books for a living.
SpockOfRock 2 years ago
It's not a parenting manual at all. All it does is state "This didn't work- and this did work"
TheMrsAmanda 2 years ago
Wanna know how to be a good parent? I'll tell you all you need to know and I won't even sell you a book for it. Be warm and affectionate with your children. Let them fall asleep on your chest under a warm blanket while watching television. Ask them questions about the things they see and hear so that they learn how to LEARN and evaluate for themselves.Teach them science by letting them work on your old car with you or refinishing an old piece of furniture out in the garage. That's parenting.
SpockOfRock 2 years ago
Again, this guy "Po" and his friend "Ashley" have no skill... They write books because they have no skill to do anything else in life. "Po" is not a carpenter or an electrician or a scientist or a doctor or an architect or welder or small businessperson of any kind... "Po" is a book salesman. "Po" like to write nonsensical books and collect a paycheck for it. THAT is not a respectable skill in my opinion. "Po" can create NOTHIING! And you're taking his advice??? Think about it...
SpockOfRock 2 years ago
@SpockOfRock I saw a poptech video by Ashley Merryman and it was very well done! I haven't read their book, and noticed in her speech she was more of a collaborator in the sense that she took different studies by different people and put them all together, like a scientific mosaic. This could imply that she doesn't have any new ideas of her own, however, it has been shown that it is much more creative to take something old and make it new again, because there are more constraints on it.
CatFlashBlue 8 months ago
@SpockOfRock And even if Po is just in this for the book selling, if he has some good points I would still give them value because it's logical to take advantage of that, regardless of his ethics.
CatFlashBlue 8 months ago
Finally ! As a teacher of 20 years, I can't tell you how frustrating it is that we are not allowed to make any negative comments and we are even discouraged from giving failing grades. We are barely allowed to reprimand children for bad behavior,irresonsibility ,etc. As a result, we have done them a great disservice.
billiegirl36 2 years ago 4