Baby Names 孩子起名学问大 Few decisions are more personal than the naming of offspring. 给自己的孩子取名完全是个人私事， Yet laws regulating the choice of both first names and surnames are common around the world. 但世界上对孩子取名
And here's what the checklisted childhood looks like. 清单式的生活就是： We keep them safe and sound and fed and watered, and then we want to be sure they go to the right schools, 我们确保他们安全、健康、吃好、喝好，然后期望他们进入好学校
And so with our overhelp, our overprotection and overdirection and hand-holding, 随着我们的过度帮助，过度保护，过度指导和过度关怀， we deprive our kids of the chance to build self-efficacy, which is a really fundamental tenet
And our kids, regardless of where they end up at the end of high school, they're breathless. 我们的孩子，无论高中毕业时结果怎样，都被压得喘不过气。 They're brittle. They're a little burned out. 他们心理脆弱，精疲力竭。 They're a little old
And here's what it feels like to be a kid in this checklisted childhood. 那么在清单式童年中长大的孩子是怎样的呢。 First of all, there's no time for free play. 首先，他们没有自由玩耍的时间。 There's no room in the afternoons, because ev
I have to admit something to you. 我得向你们坦白一些事。 I've got two kids I mentioned, Sawyer and Avery. They're teenagers. 我刚才提到我的两个孩子，Sawyer和Avery，他们都十来岁。 And once upon a time, I think I was treating my Sawye
All right, so you're thinking, chores and love, that sounds all well and good, but give me a break. 好，你可能会想，家务和爱，这听起来很好，但是得了吧。 The colleges want to see top scores and grades and accolades and awards,
And even though we might help them achieve some short-term wins by overhelping 即使我们可以通过这种过度帮助来让他们获得一些短期的成功 like they get a better grade if we help them do their homework, 比如帮他们做作业而拿到的好成绩， they might e
You know, I didn't set out to be a parenting expert. 我从没想过做一个育儿专家。 In fact, I'm not very interested in parenting, per Se. 事实上，我本身对育儿也没什么兴趣。 It's just that there's a certain style of parenting these da
We all know this, and yet, in the checklisted childhood, 我们都已经清楚，在清单式童年中， we absolve our kids of doing the work of chores around the house, 我们不让孩子做家里的杂活， and then they end up as young adults in the wo
The Chimney-sweeper 扫烟囱的孩子 A little black thing among the snow, 雪地里有一个黑黑的小东西： Crying! 'weep! weep!' in notes of woe! 叫喊着扫呀，扫呀，哭哭啼啼！ 'Where are thy father and mother? Say!'— 喂！你的爸爸妈妈都哪儿去了？ 'They are bo
A Child to Love -- Kelly McGinnis 惹人爱的孩子--凯丽·麦金尼斯 You can have your wealth and riches 你或许会腰缠万贯 All the things so many seek 要追寻的万千事物 Position, power, and success 有地位，权利，还有成功 The fame you long to keep 以
