Summary Of How To Raise A Creative Child

In the article “How to Raise a Creative Child. Step One: Back Off” Adam Grant speaks of raising a child to standout. Grant believes that at different ages of childhood, children are learning one thing after another. Grant states, “They learn to read at age 2, play bach at 4, breeze through calculus at 6, and speak foreign languages fluently by 8” (Par. 1). Grant continues to speak of a research that lasted fifty-two years long. There ended up being 2000 finalist of students. Grant also states, “But just 1 percent ended making the National Academy of Sciences, and just eight have won Nobel Prizes” (Par.2). Overall, many of these students did not get to reach their potential. Grant begins speaking of how many children who are outstanding don’t continue to change the world. Grant believes many would argue that these children don’t have sufficient socializing skills to work with society. Grant thinks that many of those
For example, in earlier of the article, Grant speaks of the statistics from the National Academy of Sciences. Many would argue that the part of the article where it speaks of children lacking originality is true. Grant gives an example on musicians mastering Mozart, but cannot create their own material. It seems as if learning a professional’s art and learning it is more promoted rather than creating an art that one can call their own. Although Grant gives good points throughout the article, his information could be outdated due to the fact that it was a research done in 52 years and there isn’t current data. Grants ideas in this article also applies to my self in certain ways. Growing up, my parents never forced me to apply myself to sports, or academics. Being open minded takes time and experience. If a parent is intervening on every little thing a child is doing, they will never truly find their