Roberta Michnick Golinkoff Quotes

• We don't need people who can spit back facts. We've got Google.

  Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

  People, Google, Democracy

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• With the marketplace urging parents to buy all manner of things to make their babies ‘smart,’ Gallagher’s book offers parents a view based in science on how much babies really know and figure out on their own. Parents will have fun with this book and gain new respect and awe for their babies’ amazing capabilities.

  Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

  Baby, Fun, Smart

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• Critical thinking is what leads to the next breakthroughs in any area.

  Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

  Thinking, Critical Thinking, Breakthrough

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• At school, when kids are being encouraged to get the one right answer and fill in that bubble, people can do things that enable their children to solve problems in multiple ways: "Can you think of different ways to make the bed?" It costs nothing, and the child is learning, "I have good ideas, I can be creative, and I can show you that I have confidence."

  Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

  Children, School, Kids

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• We live in a crazy time, and parents are very worried about their children's futures. They're getting all kinds of messages about children having to score at the top level on some test. The irony is, kids could score at the top and still not succeed at finding great employment or becoming a great person.

  Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

  Children, Crazy, Kids

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• There isn't an entrepreneur or a scientific pioneer who hasn't had failures. And if we don't rear children who are comfortable taking risks, we won't have successes.

  Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

  Children, Entrepreneur, Risk

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• If you're going to have a kid who engages in critical thinking, you're not going to shut them down when they ask a question. You're not going to settle for "because." You're going to encourage them to ask more. And you want them to understand how other people think.

  Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

  Kids, Thinking, People

  Source: www.wbur.org

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