A good dad is better than a rich dad

Chapter 72 2 Keep the daughter innocent and encourage the son to mature

After Annie's father lost his job, the whole family could only eat leftover haggis from the sheep market.One day, she saw a small hairpin with red plastic flowers in the counter of a shopping mall, and she fell in love with it like crazy.Annie hurried home to beg her mother to give her a dollar.The mother sighed, you know, one yuan can buy half a catty of haggis, but the father said: "Give her the money, such a cheap price can buy happiness for the child, and it will never happen again in the future."

Different from Anne's father, the eldest son of American President Theodore Roosevelt traveled to Europe when he was 20 years old. He spent almost all the travel expenses he brought with him in more than a month. Before he left, he met a very good horse. The horse happened to be sold by its owner.He loved the horse so much that he bought it with the last of his traveling expenses.Then he sent a telegram to ask his father to send some travel expenses for him to go home.Roosevelt sent him a telegram saying: "You and your horse come back from swimming!" The son had to sell the horse again.He objected to children living a parasitic life dependent on their parents.He hopes that his son can support himself by his own ability.

In Annie's father's view, one yuan can buy her daughter's happiness, so why not do it?However, President Roosevelt's method of educating children to be independent is that money does not just come from mouth, and he has to find a way to solve the problem by himself.

Two completely different education methods, but they have one thing in common, which makes children better adapt to society.This is not to emphasize the extremes of gender identity, but to let children find the normal track of society, let daughters have charm and tenderness, and let sons have tenacity and confidence.Because the facts also prove that those girls who are pure in heart and boys who are mature and strong are more likely to obtain happiness in life.

When it comes to talented women in modern times, no one can compare with Lin Huiyin. She is a pearl in modern history, and it is her father who put her on the glorious stage.

Lin Huiyin was born in a scholarly family, and his father, Lin Changmin, once studied in Japan. He is a positive figure of the new school.Lin Changmin liked his daughter very much. He was open-minded and sent his favorite Lin Huiyin to a church school to study, so that she could be exposed to Western culture and learn to speak fluent English.When she was 16 years old, she accompanied her father to live in Europe, traveling to London, Paris, Geneva, Rome, Frankfurt, Berlin, Brussels and other places, and met many friends along the way.Her father encouraged her to participate in school activities and also supported her daughter's creation.Lin Huiyin grew up in a solemn and open environment, which created a good foundation for her extensive study and making friends in the future.

Lin Huiyin, who grew up under the influence of a purely academic atmosphere, has a charm that people have to like.We can see the ideal woman from Lin Huiyin: self-respect and self-love, polite, optimistic and enterprising, lively but not dissolute, steady but not rigid.She is flexible in mind, open-minded and eager to learn, well-spoken, enthusiastic and cheerful, and has her own career. Her architectural and literary accomplishments have won the praise of future generations.

Theodore Roosevelt did not have much tenderness towards his sons. He was strict, and "independence" was a distinct theme of his family training for his children.After his second son, Theodore Jr., finished Harvard, he entered the business world, starting at the bottom, working as hard and tiring as any other worker in a carpet factory.A year and a half later, he was promoted to sales clerk.

Little Theodore joined the army with his father's encouragement. His military career was full of danger and pain, but his outstanding performance made him promoted to lieutenant colonel and won the battle of Adenauer. In 1918, Theodore Jr. was awarded the Heroes Medal and the Heroes' Cross, and was honored by allied countries for his bravery.

Little Theodore later participated in the New York Governor's election, experienced political turmoil, and later participated in World War II and died in the war.Although his life was short, with his father's encouragement, he became a strong man, which made his father proud.Roosevelt once wrote to encourage the son of failure: When you make a decision, the best situation is that you choose the right decision, the second is that you make the wrong decision, and the worst is that you make no decision at all.Each of us is an independent individual, so we must be independent and dare to make decisions.It doesn't matter if you fail, because you can already be your own master.Remember: as long as you learn to be independent, you will succeed one day!

Since boys and girls are inherently different, fathers should infect them with different nurturing wisdom and bring out the best parts of their characters.

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