8 Quotes On How Not To Educate Your Kids

1. "Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time." (Rabindranath Tagore) Click to tweet

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2. "Parents appreciate the child who agrees; they condemn the child who disagrees." (Osho) Click to tweet

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3. "It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them." (Leo Buscaglia) Click to tweet

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4. "Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to discover the child’s natural bent." (Plato) Click to tweet

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5. "I think the biggest difference is that i’ve noticed western parents seem much more concerned about their children’s psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant parents assume strength rather than fragility in their children and therefore behave completely differently." (Amy Chua) Click to tweet

6. "The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him more. Appreciate what is good in him rather than emphasizing what is bad. Talk about his goodness. Let the whole neighborhood know how nice and beautiful a boy he is. You may be able to shift his energy from the bad side to the good side, from the dark side to the lighted side, because you will make him aware that this is the way to get respect, this is the way to be honored. And you will prevent him from doing anything that makes him fall down in people’s eyes." (Osho) Click to tweet

7. "I was raised by extremely strict – but also extremely loving – chinese immigrant parents, and i had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents – my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things!" (Amy Chua) Click to tweet

8. "Parenting is the hardest thing i have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional chinese way i was raised, which i think can be too harsh, and what i see as a tendency in the west to be too permissive and indulgent. If i could do it all again, i would, with some adjustments." (Amy Chua) Click to tweet