In fact, creativity is not a trait that only gifted children have, but the potential that every child has.
- Le Dad
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In the African savannah, two boys got lost.
They were tired, thirsty, and overwhelmed.
Suddenly in the distance came the howl of a wolf, and behind them a strong wolf was rushing towards them.
A boy was a top student at school with a high IQ, and the teachers liked him and thought he was smart.
His parents had always been proud of it, and he himself considered himself the smartest child.
The other boy had less outstanding grades, had a very ordinary IQ, and the teacher rated him in the middle, some people thought he was special, some people thought he was strange.
The wolves were getting closer and closer to them, and the first boy calculated that the wolves would catch up with them in a few seconds based on their approximate speed, distance between them, and so on. There is no doubt that this boy is extremely smart!
The boy looked at his companion, and to his surprise, his companion was quickly taking off his hiking boots and changing into running shoes.
"You're so stupid!" The first boy said, "We certainly can't run the wolf." ”
"You're right," said the second boy, "I can run over you." ”
As a result, the first boy was torn apart by wolves and used as dinner.
The second boy escaped.
Behind the tragic story is the battle between IQ and creativity.
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We have told our children to study hard in school and score 100.
We hope that children will enter key middle schools, take 985, go abroad to study in famous schools...
We used to think that our children would not be artists, musicians, literary creations in the future, that we would not need to cultivate creativity...
However, the future is already here, and AI will bring about $16 trillion in global GDP growth over the next decade.
Truck drivers, drivers, salespeople, customer service, hematology and radiologists, and all jobs with fixed processes will be gradually replaced by artificial intelligence over the next 15 years.
Kai-Fu Lee once said in a TED talk that the future is the world of artificial intelligence, the wave of unemployment will sweep the world, and there is only one kind of work - creative work is guaranteed, because artificial intelligence can optimize but can not create.
Kai-Fu Lee said that in the future, only creative children can become the elite of society.
When you raise a highly educated, but uncreative child, he may still be torn to pieces in the future unemployment storm.
Psychologists believe that children who can produce new, appropriate, high-quality ideas are creative, and creative thinking is at the heart of creativity.
Crows drinking water, Sima Guang smashing the cylinder, Zhuge Liang empty city plan, these are the embodiment of creative thinking glow.
Creativity can get us out of difficulties, creativity can save people from fire and water, and creativity can save our home country.
But geniuses don't come out of nowhere, and creative thinkers don't make it effortless to reach the pinnacle of success.
The flower of creativity is inseparable from the watering of hard work and sweat.
Tesla President Elon Musk has said he doesn't expect Tesla to succeed.
He was also convinced that SpaceX's first launches would not have gone into predetermined orbits, let alone been recycled, but that failures were most unsuccessful without attempting.
Even the three greats of classical music— Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart—had to write hundreds of works to get a fairly small number of masterpieces.
Anushka Naiknaware, the youngest winner of the Google Science Fair, once said that from an early age, she was obsessed with experiments of all kinds, and she usually spent several hours a day working in the chemistry laboratory at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland until she had completed all the experiments she could.
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Is your child creative?
To see if he has the following characteristics:
Try to try things that others think are impossible
Loved exploring and being curious about everything around her
Question the various norms set by parents and teachers
Have an opinion, it is easy to form their own position
As children grow up, their brains are developing and perfecting at an alarming rate, so it's crucial to cultivate creativity from an early age.
So how do you raise creative kids?
Educational psychologists recommend:
Parents should encourage their children to do housework
Let the child dry, in the cultivation of life ability, let the child send dishes, wipe the table, and even wash the dishes, not afraid of the child to dirty the room, wet clothes and pants, let go of the child in a relaxed environment to learn.
Encouragement can enhance self-confidence and enthusiasm, do not reprimand, do not hinder the child's reasonable requirements and attempts, so that children develop good habits of diligence and willingness to think.
Cultivate the ability to be independent
The child continues to develop these abilities from the beginning of kindergarten:
What should I do if I want to go to the toilet? What do you call a teacher? What should I do if a child argues? What are you doing when the teacher is in class? What to do if you are bullied?
Children in kindergartens and other unfamiliar environments can cope with freely, not afraid, not panic, and gradually increase their self-care ability and learning ability, so as to develop creative ability.
Reverse thinking stimulates children's thinking
Don't always ask your child what is 4+6? Seeking this fixed answer makes little sense in itself.
If we change our thinking and often ask our children, how many plus how many equals ten? How many possible combinations, add up to a fixed answer.
At first, the child may exhaust all the integers, and then he will think of decimals. In this way, it can stimulate children's extraordinary thinking ability.
Explore open-ended questions with your child often
Reading with children, often asking children some open questions, and letting children speak freely can not only exercise children's language ability, but also cultivate children's thinking ability.
Don't give your child any answers directly, you can guide and provide some enlightening programs.
Let your child draw freely
Many parents are eager to let their children learn painting techniques before their children are six years old, do various imitations, and even judge their children's paintings from the perspective of adults.
This practice can easily ruin a child's imagination and creativity.
No genius child can be born, parents guide and develop their children, children's creativity will be greatly improved, and they can have a broader life in the future.
*Source: Tencent Culture
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