{"id":20220,"date":"2018-09-05T06:51:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T06:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=20220"},"modified":"2018-09-05T06:54:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T06:54:48","slug":"do-you-want-your-child-to-brilliant-here-are-some-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=20220","title":{"rendered":"Do You Want Your Child to be Brilliant. Here are Some Tips!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19311\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Every parent I have met wants a brilliant child and I have also met some that would get enraged if a child comes back with a subpar report card and even go as far as beating a child that isn\u2019t doing fantastic in class.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I always wonder why they do that because the truth is there are a lot of factors that make a child brilliant and very few of them depends on the child.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In fact I can say the only factor that depends on the child is concentration and seriousness.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Every other thing including the ability to think, assimilate, read, memorize, prepare and a host of others fall under the purview of the parents whether consciously or unconsciously.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>WITH THAT SAID WE WILL LOOK AT THE LONG HELD NATURE VERSUS NURTURE DEBATE.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Nature debate says a child that has the genes of parents who were average students will most likely be an average student.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Nature debate backed by in fact a lot of scientific debate says that a child picks a huge chunk of his brain power from the mother.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Another thing a child picks from the parents is the memory power.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">So if you were forgetful as a child, there is a big probability that your child would be due a gene scientists refer to as the brain-derived neurotrophic factor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The gene comes in two forms and if parents pass the weak version of this cell to their child the child might be forgetful and read only to forget quickly.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thankfully there is the nurture part of the argument that says a child\u2019s brilliance can still shine forth despite what nature bestowed the child if the parents use some special skills to raise the child.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">These skills have been used repeatedly in developed countries and are open for parents that are willing to learn and put the knowledge to practice.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">These skills aren\u2019t just gimmicks that your child can use in school because let\u2019s face it; school is just a tiny part of the huge part to success.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">You will learn lessons here that your child will need for a lot of other spheres of life.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">These skills are what I will be teaching you in this group, here are a few of them broken down into simple concepts.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>ENCOURAGE AN EARLY THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Steve Jobs step dad taught him about electronics when he was a toddler, Oprah Winfrey\u2019s grandmother taught her how to read when she was three.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tiger Woods was playing golf when he was two and this early introduction to knowledge is what I rarely see in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">When a child is a toddler here he is either in front of a TV all day which isn\u2019t great for his brain\u2019s development or is in a day care sleeping all day.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Here is the advantage some successful people have; they were raised to start incorporating information pertinent to their lives early so they grew up loving knowledge and that has helped them a great deal.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The truth is a child you read story books with as a toddler will love to read more as a grown up than a child that watched African Magic all day as a child.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>ENCOURAGE QUESTIONS.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There is a phase in a child\u2019s life that is characterized by a lot of questions and that phase is a very important part of your child\u2019s life.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Your child\u2019s brain is at the opinion phase where it is forming opinion about a lot of things it can\u2019t explain.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is also a time when your child\u2019s mind is stretching and sadly a time some parents kill their child\u2019s mind.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">You see parent frustrated by the questions a child asks explode and say don\u2019t disturb me!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">When you do that you just killed the flame of curiosity that leads to brilliance and Albert Einstein once said \u2018\u2019Never lose a holy curiosity\u2019\u2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Answer their questions no matter how much and use the opportunity to give them brain twisters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">For instance a child might say Daddy or Mummy why don\u2019t you go to my school?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">You might answer and say I am too old for your school but do you know there is a type of school I can still go to? Think of the answer and tell me later.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">You are forcing your child to think and that believe me is the greatest skill on earth, the ability to think!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thinking is the currency of the brilliant and successful and that is why Henry Ford said &#8216;Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16927&amp;ad_type=62&amp;rl=180\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>TALK<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Many times we just assume talking is that thing we do to communicate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is so much than that; it is a tool to transfer brilliance especially to little children.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The next time you are with a little child, tell the child that is the television it is spelt T E L E V I S I ON and that is the car it is spelt CAR.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tell the child those are four books 2+2 is four and 2&#215;2 is four.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Do this repeatedly and I promise you your child is on his way to brilliance<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>NEVER MAKE LEARNING SEEM LIKE A CHORE<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The reason many children hate reading is because they have come to see it like it is work.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There are games like Scrabble, Ludo, Whot and Monopoly that are good for learning early Math and English that you should play with your kids.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">These will put it in their minds that learning is fun and they will grow to see the importance.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>SLEEP<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A sleep deprived child will never be brilliant because his or her brain isn\u2019t getting enough rest.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This will lead to weak memory and short attention span which equals scoring zero in class.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>HERE IS THE SLEEP CHART SCIENCE AGREES WITH<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Newborn to 3 months old 14 &#8211; 17 hrs<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">4 to 11 months old 12 &#8211; 15 hrs<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">1 to 2 years old 11 &#8211; 14 hrs<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">3 to 5 years old 10 &#8211; 13 hrs<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">6 to 13 years old 9 &#8211; 11 hrs<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every parent I have met wants a brilliant child and I have also met some that would get enraged if a child comes back with a subpar report card and even go as far as beating a child that isn\u2019t doing fantastic in class. I always wonder why they do that because the truth is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/book.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-5g8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20224,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20220\/revisions\/20224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}