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Ask HN: What are you favorite resources on children's education?

by hellohihello135 on 1/31/24, 9:46 PM with 7 comments

• by d--b on 2/1/24, 3:20 AM

  Faber and Mazlish’s books are the ones that helped us most.

  Small children are highly counter intuitive, and the “usual” way of dealing with them is not very good (what you see in movies, what people tell you to do, what you feel society commands you to do). Confronting a young child’s mind to an adult’s way of thinking can lead to serious clashes.

  Faber and Mazlish have a practical approach that is neither too permissive nor punitive. They mostly give you tools that you can use in various situations, and that work really well.

  Things like repeating what the child just said, or describing their emotions, or using positive reinforcement. It feels very weird when you do it the first time, but then seeing how it works is amazing. And then you’ll see that the best early-childhood professionals do these sort of things all the time.

• by getwiththeprog on 2/1/24, 12:32 AM

  You will need to tell us more, and give us something to respond to. If you just ask other people to do your research, you will get nothing.

  So, for example, tell us, do you want to be a teacher? Are you a parent? What resources have you already read? What country are you in? What are your previous experiences?

  Personally, my favourite resources are books.

• by westcort on 2/1/24, 9:01 PM

  I recommend the Triple P program, which is a research-backed program to help reduce problem behavior in children. It has some great tips and best practices, regardless of the presence or absence of any behavioral issues: https://www.triplep.net/glo-en/home/

  My top tip for raising children is to read to them all the time, and to have lots of books available.

• by brudgers on 2/1/24, 2:48 AM

  A degree program because it will require teaching for hands on experience with theories.

  Yes it is a lot of work, but we are talking about children.

  And I am assuming you are serious about doing it well.

  Good luck.

• by sklargh on 2/1/24, 2:21 AM

  Emily Oster has a widely well-regarded substack, Parent Data, and book series. She touches on early childhood education in several places.

• by zacharybk on 2/1/24, 2:56 AM

  Taking Cara babies