Education without a trace

Author: Xu Guang
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: The author combines her parenting experience with theories from psychology and education to propose some inspiring educational methods for young parents. The stories and engaging illustrations in the book make it enjoyable and easy to read. A parent's love is crucial to a child's growth. Every child is a rough, uncut jade, and their talent and potential need to be discovered by parents with love and patience. How can we discover a child's strengths? How can we effectively motivate them to progress? How can we help them grow healthily in a moderate amount of love? How can we preserve their pure and innocent nature? How can we cultivate qualities like confidence and self-reliance in children? In the small book "Education Without a Trace," we can find answers to many of these questions. This book is co-created by a mother and her 12-year-old son. It features insightful and humorous language from the son, along with adorable illustrations he drew. Through summarizing 12 years of parenting experience and personal reflections, the mother Xu Guang elaborates on her family education philosophy from four aspects. The author believes that parents should have a childlike mindset, understand how to see the world through a child's eyes, and feel their inner warmth and coldness; they should discover their children like gem experts find precious stones; they should give children freedom without letting them run wild, and show care without spoiling them.