“Typing is an essential skill, but it can be painful. Some children just don't know where the letters are. Typing a three-page story, when they have to spend minutes hunting for every letter, can take forever. Yet we tend to assume that children can type, partly because quite a lot of us know where quite a lot of the letters are, so we assume that children do, too.” KnowsChildrenStoriesThreeForeverMinutesTypeSkillsEssentialsPagesLettersAssumingPainfulHuntingTyping Author:Susan Mitchell
“Intuitively, one would assume if you don't grow up with other children you might not learn that easy give and take. What often happens is that there are some only children who act that way, and that stands out more than the only children who seem to get along with others.” IfsWayGivingChildrenSeemsMightHappensGrowsEasyGrowing UpAssumingStanding OutOnly ChildGive And Take Author:Peter Thomas
“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.” ThinkingChildrenSelfSeemsParentDifferencesSelf EsteemToughConcernedAssumingWesternEsteemBehaveImmigrantsFragilityPsychImmigrant Parents Author:Amy Chua
“If children are apparently unable to learn, we should assume that we have not as yet found the right way to teach them.” IfsWayShouldChildrenFoundEducationTeachLearningTeacherAssumingRight WayResearchersTeaching ChildrenChildren LearningBad Teacher Author:Marie Clay
“As one scientist puts it, we can now assume that just as children need good nutrition and adequate sleep, they may very well need contact with nature.” NeedsWellsMayChildrenSleepScientistAssumingContactNutritionAdequateGood Nutrition Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“I think what children can handle and what they're interested in is much deeper than people assume. It's why sometimes we make things too simple for them.” PeopleThinkingChildrenSometimesSimpleAssumingDeeperHandle Author:Angelina Jolie