A good dad is better than a rich dad

Chapter 41 5 Study hard and be happy every day

Goethe was born in Frankfurt am Rhein on August 1749, 8.He was born into a wealthy family. His father was a doctor of law from the University of Leipzig and a magistrate.Her mother is the daughter of the mayor of Frankfurt, a typical good wife and loving mother who loves literature.

Goethe began to read and write with his father at the age of 4, and learned many foreign languages ​​​​from his tutor. At the age of 7, he compiled the poetic fairy tale "New Palis". At the age of 14, he could read books in German, French, English, Italian, Latin, Greek and other languages. At the age of 25, he created plays. At the age of four, he published a novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther", which was completed in four weeks, and later became popular all over the world.Goethe's achievements in his early years led the world to give him the title of "genius", but what really made him extraordinary was the happy childhood brought to him by a good educational environment.

Since Goethe was born, his father had his own way of education.When Goethe was a baby, his father took him for a walk in the countryside, consciously letting him get in touch with nature.On the road, his father always patiently explained various things encountered to little Goethe, cultivated his observation ability and cognitive ability, and enabled Goethe to acquire a lot of natural knowledge.Later Goethe specialized in the natural sciences and wrote treatises on plant morphology and colorology.Goethe maintained a strong interest in natural science throughout his life.During the break between father and son, the father recited songs for Goethe.These songs are easy to read and easy for children to accept. Goethe can memorize one or two every time he goes out.As the number of trips increased, Goethe's oral English ability also continued to improve.Goethe was a little older, and his father took him to travel around. Every time he passed by, his father always talked about the local history, customs and customs.If you revisit the old place, ask Goethe to repeat what you know to deepen your memory.Travel broadened Goethe's vision and insight.

My mother usually likes to tell Goethe stories, but her stories are different from the ones in books with clear ins and outs. Instead, when Goethe is listening to the key point, she stops and asks the child to imagine the following. happened.If the guess is wrong and the answer is not given, let him continue to think until he finds a reasonable answer.

Goethe's parents often encouraged their children to study with their peers in the neighbourhood.They wrote poems together and judged poems at Sunday gatherings, and Goethe's poems were always praised by their partners.They also held speech events. Standing on a chair, Goethe was a little nervous at first when facing family members and friends, but soon became articulate, expressive, and extremely contagious.

The grandmother is also a good partner of Goethe. She invited someone to perform a puppet show at home and gave Goethe a set of puppet show toys for performing Faust stories.Goethe and other children carefully rehearsed the play, assigned roles, and recited the lines. Soon they decided to make clothes and decorations for the puppets by themselves, and write their own scripts for rehearsal.

Goethe learned life science in nature, learned history, literature and the skills of organizing activities in games, tried various characters in performances, and experienced various emotions. Such rich experiences gave him a keen heart since he was a child. Perception is of great benefit to his future artistic creation.

In Goethe's memoirs, he wrote: "This child's play and labor have trained and promoted my creativity, expression, imagination and a skill in many ways, and in such a short time and in such a small space. I am afraid that there is no other way to achieve such an achievement at such a small price.”

It can be seen that Goethe personally agrees with his father's education method very much.Many parents work hard to educate their children with good intentions, but their children often don't appreciate it, and they don't learn much knowledge, they just feel aggrieved.Parents' education is the truly successful way of education when children consciously benefit from it.Goethe's family loves their children dearly and cherishes their childlike innocence, allowing him to feel happy as he grows up. This has never changed because of anything.Not only that, every elder in the family actively creates a way to make children feel happy and grow up in happiness. This spirit is particularly valuable.

Busy parents return home exhausted and don't care anymore when they hand their gifts to their children. Such a gift might as well bring a happy feeling home.No matter how lofty the ideal of educating people is, the first thing to do is to let him grow up in happiness.

Dads who wholeheartedly create conditions for their children to grow up healthily, don’t rush to save money for their children to go abroad, take a look at your family and see if your family is full of happiness, because Charlotte Mason told us that a happy atmosphere is the child’s important factor for growth.

Charlotte Mason is a famous British educator, she is known as the "mother of family education".Mason believed that the family's most important job to society was to raise and guide children.Being a parent is a very important thing, and any career advancement and dignity cannot replace the status of family education.Therefore, if parents want to grow up with their child and guide him to become independent and successful, they must first create a sound family environment.A happy family atmosphere is the principle of raising children, and if a child is happy, he will be a good child to a large extent.

The misfortune of modern education is nothing more than this. Parents try their best to arrange various courses for their children, but the children themselves don’t like it; Going out of the house; seeing the poor report card, the whole family is not even in the mood to eat; because of the child's bad performance, the parents start arguing whose fault it is... Quarrels and conflicts turn the family into an emotional battlefield. What hurts is the child who has not yet matured in mind.In the eyes of a child, the family is the main scene of his life, and his parents are his world. When a child witnesses family disharmony, especially when he finds that all the unhappiness is caused by himself, his heart will be covered. shadow.Therefore, the first step in creating a happy atmosphere for children is to never quarrel in front of them!
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