Last summer during the summer vacation, colleagues often put her in the sixth grade daughter in my home, she said: "Ms. Liu, subject to a point of edification to follow you!" I think it means there are about two, one is my home collection quite good , the child can read about, and second, I often write articles made in the networks and newspapers, which can be used for children to browse.
Colleagues had gone I am always pondering the meaning of the word "edification", I have not listen to other people said that this word, suddenly heard quite fresh. Pondering more than I would view the dictionary, the dictionary for the word "edification" explained: "Long-term exposure of people (I think should be added the environment and things") has the effect of habits, thinking and behavior and conduct knowledge influence for good. "this explanation and I figured out the meaning of difference are not many, such as" edification "should be" long term "and" gradual ". But besides, I also figured out the two meanings, the First, "edification" is interested, at least not forced; of "edification" is quietly, but not the highlight, a little "wind sneaked into the night, Run fine things silent "that.
While pondering the word "edification" and "edification" is quite old story in my eyes, this is the "Mencius' mother moved three" stories. The story is to say, the home Mencius young rely on the cemetery, he would often learn to do some ritual things, Meng Mu improper place of residence, and moved to a place near the bazaar, but Mencius is often disguised as businessmen start trading and slaughter swine and sheep in the game, so Mencius' mother again at home to move to school nearby, to see that since then, Mencius often learn the some retreat etiquette thing, listening to babbling reading in the school window, Meng Mu This relieved . Seen thousands of years ago, Mencius' mother already know how to nurture, that is "edification" for the children grow up.
In fact, read the Chinese and foreign cultural history, are well nurtured and successful career is a lot of people. I now read books, there is a "Qingzhao Biography" can provide an example. Qingzhao The of Kuang generation of talented poetry article is a rough read, "Tori wine evening, the subtle fragrance surplus sleeve, Murdoch is not ecstasy curtain westerly, thinner than yellow." "Huazipiaoling artesian water, a Acacia two Xianchou,. this situation no account can eliminate, and only under the brow, but our hearts. "Health for outstanding personality, died also a male ghost. still thinking Xiang Yu refused to have Koto." These or elegant or vigorous verse since admired. Qingzhao, however, growth in China's feudal society, in particular, growth in science shackles of the Song Dynasty, women as men to receive formal education that was unthinkable, but this did not prevent her grow into one of China's Poetry Corner trees towering trees, "she" grow "to rely on, and rely on" nurtured ".
Qingzhao's father, Li cell non-nine New Theory (1076) comprehensive examinations Scholars, the official of the Ministry of Rites Yuanwai Lang, a point that was Jingdong Prison, etc., the post is to know the great writer Su Shi, for the time after four scholars. " First, various writings, such as the essence of the "etiquette," the history of transfer identified records, "the advent of" Luoyang Park Ji "," Yong Los Angeles in mind ", his mother Wang for Shenzong When the daughter of the prime minister Wang Gui also The pass Wenmo. The home is said by quite a collection of historical books, men of letters had dealings, my father often books as a gift for smart, studious daughter. It is difficult to imagine living in such an environment, in order not under the influence of ". It is said that zhao early needlework needlework no interest, but poetry was often sleepless nights, and many Famous Quotes she can recite such as streaming. Her poems written until they got married the then famous praise, so we have been able to see her poetry masterpiece, it is a matter of course, without the odd thing.
A stage for the modern culture of celebrity Lin Yutang little puzzled at the famous writer, but often said some of the statements ring true, puzzling, and later learned that by his English works translated from the. He has a considerable number of works written in English, such as "My Country and My People," The Art of Living "," Moment in Peking "," ridiculous "," Red Peony ". Lin Han language proficiency, English is certainly not bad, but the translators are often not very clever, translated out of something not only lose the charm of the original children, and the statement is also fragmented. Then a Chinese writer Lin Yutang, how will be able to skillfully write in English do? This is because the role of "edification". We know from the works of Lin Yutang's biography, Lin's father is one of the earliest Han Chinese Christian missionaries in southern China, about a very small forest on the foreigners and the English have a perceptual understanding, and later read a church school . "Edification" of his youth, so as Lin said, his youth, the common sense of Western culture is superior to the traditional Chinese culture. So that later, when he taught at Peking University, clearly recognize this, and awareness of traditional Chinese culture, "catching up".
Say the social life, we can often see some parents will take advantage of the holidays, lead the children to go to the Bookstore, go to the exhibition hall, museum, see a children's drama, listen to music, travel, etc., which some The parents are to understand the influence of "truth, they are consciously do; some parents do not know how, just the crab to cross the river with the flow", but not consciously at it. In contrast, the more parents do not like such "edification", they are more like "quick", like "a bite to eat into fat. Their quick success, Destructive Enthusiasm to overnight to make children into the English elite, a writing master, Mathematics Olympiads winners, the genius of the piano playing the eager hopeful. Speed ​​heart and this demand, it was just a lot of speculation "educator" and "educational establishment" use, so English crash course "in recent years, writing crash course", "piano crash course" Yeah, springing up all over the island city streets. To come out from the "quick" who are often such as air pavilion, the pyramid on the beach, so it is hard Xiu "immortal".
That many, "edification" is better than the "quick" is goes without saying that I write to you, I suddenly thought of a ready-made examples, and that is our peninsula online reporter Zhou Ziqi, his many friends, "the influence of "growing fast, not very worthy of our praise and reflection.

In the heart of many parents in China, there have been such a wish: when our children can establish such a concept ---- rely on themselves to earn money? Because they know that the only way their children can compete in the future become strong, and if it continues to maintain focus under such a state, then the child may never .
To see the United States, Japan, Switzerland, the German approach, we can get a lot of inspiration. To make their children a good life, their cattle, as desperately like a dry, which in the eyes of foreign countries is inconceivable that our parents have become accustomed.
Reported each year in college freshmen everywhere, you will find a lot of the older parents before Ben ran after the luggage for children, admission procedures, and the prime of "party" is sitting in the shade listening to music, reading . In some primary schools and many of the parents often do the children go to school to back on duty, engage in health.
Some of the more than 1,500 high school students in Tianjin conducted a survey found that 52% of the students daily life by parents and school supplies on behalf of order, 74% of children leave the parents do nothing, only 13% of people occasionally do some simple chores .
Not only have many child in our country, the world's families, fewer children are in, but the attitude towards children, the difference is great.
While a 13-year-old children, some parents talk about it, said: "He was 13 years old, can not do anything."
Some parents said: "He has 13 years of age, will be cooking their own living entirely."
Many parents always think the more they pay, the more well-being of children. In the end, parents put their children to do things bigger and more, the children would do less, nothing to do until the last drop, what kind will not do.
Some parents say that the Chinese children deprived of opportunities for self-reliance is not excessive.
In developed countries, families, parents generally are young children's attention to self-care ability and self-reliance.
U.S. high school students saying the slogan: "To spend money, they earn!"
American youth from small time to start, regardless of their home and more wealthy, the boys after the age of 12 will depend to a neighbor or their home lawn, delivering newspapers to earn some pocket money.
Girls in a small nanny to make money. Every Saturday there is a girl to go to restaurant workers, mother told her, you can work at home to help his mother, still can receive a salary. But the girl feel at home earn money is not his mother's ability, she must go out to make money that they have the ability to self-reliance.
Japanese education children have a saying: In addition to sun and air are the blessings of nature, everything else must be obtained through labor.
Many Japanese students after school hours, would go outside to participate in work to earn money, work-study students in the very common, even the children of a wealthy family is no exception.
They leaned Hotel Duan Panzi, washing dishes, and then store sales, care for the elderly in nursing homes, home teachers do to earn their own tuition. In Japan, children are very young, the parents gave them instill an idea: "Do not trouble to others."
Family travel, no matter how small children, without exception, have a small back pack. To ask why? Parents said: "They own things, should themselves back."
In Canada, parents train their children in order to survive in the future society of skills, from very early independent living skills training for children.
A correspondent in Canada home, two elementary school children every morning to go to each household delivering newspapers.
Watching the children happily distribute the newspaper, a reporter who's father is proud. : Points so many newspapers is not easy to get up very early, regardless of wind and rain have to send, you can delay children have never been.
Admittedly, a person's sense of social responsibility is so trained. This is what we need to carefully study and many Chinese parents place.