Don't trust experts when it comes to parenting

Author: Gong Yajie
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: "Don't trust experts in parenting," this statement may sound sensational, but it points out a common misconception among parents in early education today. Blindly following so-called experts, especially those from the West, under the belief that "geniuses" are all raised using the same best model! This has led to an increase in the number of "parenting experts" who, under various guises of "masters," create all sorts of alluring theories! Yet, many fail to realize that Chinese children and Western children differ greatly in physical and mental aspects, and Chinese family environments are also entirely different from Western ones. How can there be a one-size-fits-all "authoritative theory" that works for everyone? Moreover, many of these so-called "experts" are purely academic scholars who only understand theory and have never had real-world practical experience. How can theories that have not been tested be revered as truth?