education

Harvard Classics (Bookshelf) – Gutenberg The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot, that was first published in 1909. Dr. Eliot, then President of Harvard University, had stated in speeches that the elements of a liberal education could be obtained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf....

Teen Brain (by zefrank1) Can you do a video on the fact that adults always tell teenagers “I know it feels like the end of the world”? Speaking as a teenager, I understand that my problems and emotions seem petty and insignificant compared to those of full grown adults, but if we are meant to learn responsibility and maturity, shouldn’t our elder spend less time telling us that our problems are small and more time helping us get through them?...

(via O que acontece quando você fica elogiando a inteligência de uma criança ) Por vezes parece que todos quem ter o seu “prodígiozinho sobredotado"… A verdadeira lição é o valor do esforço e do empenho, da superação das dificuldades, e não da superior inteligência ou "apanhar as coisas fácil”!

The Way of the Peaceful Parent :zenhabits Peace isn’t a place with no stress, but a place where you take the stress as it comes, in stride, and don’t let it rule you. You let it flow through you, and then smile, and breathe, and give your child a hug.

You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who’ve never had any. Bill Cosby (via The Way of the Peaceful Parent :zenhabits )

Parent attending to the child’s needs (Circle of Security) Always: be Bigger, Stronger, Wiser, Kind Whenever possible: Follow your child’s need. Whenever necessary: Take charge.

There’s no speed limit! — Kimo’s high expectations set a new pace for me. He taught me “the standard pace is for chumps”. Derek Sivers