Preschoolers sound much brighter and more knowledgeable than they really are, which is why so many parents and grandparents are sosure their progeny are gifted and super-bright. Because children's questions sound so mature and sophisticated, we are tempted to answer… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Sigmund Freud was once asked to describe the characteristics of maturity, and he replied: lieben un arbeiten ("loving and working"). The mature adult is one who can love and allow himself or herself to be loved and who can work… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
“Shift from modern nuclear family to the postmodern permeable family.” — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Infants and young children are not just sitting twiddling their thumbs, waiting for their parents to teach them to read and do math. They… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
The conviction that the best way to prepare children for a harsh, rapidly changing world is to introduce formal instruction at anearly age is… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Certainly parents play a crucial role in the lives of individuals who are intellectually gifted or creatively talented. But this role is not one… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Play is not only our creative drive; it's a fundamental mode of learning. — David Elkind Copy Share Image
In leading-edge companies like Google and Apple, workers are given much freedom and opportunity to play. They know that's an important component of creating… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Certainly, young children can begin to practice making letters and numbers and solving problems, but this should be done without workbooks. Young children need… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
If it is to be done well, child-rearing requires, more than most activities of life, a good deal of decentering from one's own needs… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Young children learn in a different manner from that of older children and adults, yet we can teach them many things if we adapt… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Much of the pressure contemporary parents feel with respect to dressing children in designer clothes, teaching young children academics, and giving them instruction in… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
