7 TED talks every parent should watch

2. Critical thinking is a 21st-century essential — here’s how to help kids learn it – Brian Oshiro | TEDxXiguan

If we want children to thrive in our complicated world, we need to teach them how to think. In this talk, educator Brian Oshiro teaches us how we can do it with 4 simple questions.
Go beyond “what?” — and ask “how?” and “why?”
How do they know it?
How do their perspectives differ from other people?
How to solve the problem?

You can improve and support your kid’s critical thinking by asking a few extra questions each day. Ask your kid these types of questions to test their understanding on important concepts, to understand the depth of their knowledge and identify the gaps in the knowledge.

Watch the full talk here : https://youtu.be/0hoE8mtUS1E

3.Do the first 1000 days determine the rest of your life? | DeeDee Yates | TEDxWindhoek

Even though this talk is more about fighting inequality than about parenting. It gives insight into how early childhood plays an important role in the development of the child. A whole lot hinges on our first 1000 days. This time period is crucial as it affects areas such as physical growth, peer skills as well as emotional and social development.

Dee Dee Yates, in this talk, explains how the brain in early age uses most energy? And why is nutrition and a safe environment paramount for the development of the child? How parents’ undivided attention and loving interaction can impact positively on overall development.
Watch full talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCscN4zuvd4

4. How to raise emotionally intelligent kids?

In the world that still values IQ far more than the EQ, This talk by Lael Stone gives a new perspective to the way parenting should be done. Lael Stone is an author, speaker, parenting educator and consultant that specializes in helping adults process their childhood trauma. She is the co-founder of Woodline Primary School, co-host of The Aware Parenting Podcast and a mum to 3 grown-up children.

Lael traces the roots of anxiety, depression and mental illness in the adult way back to childhood. She points out that we do not teach our new parents how to respond to children’s feelings and emotions with empathy and compassion. She explains the three ways of handling feelings and explains which path the parents should take to raise emotionally intelligent kids.

Watch full talk here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fL09e8Tm9c

5. Why we should all be reading aloud to children | Rebecca Bellingham | TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet

Why should we keep reading aloud to kids even when they can already “read on their own?” This talk demonstrates the magic of reading aloud and reminds us all why reading aloud is so essential- at school and also at home. This talk is for parents who want to teach comprehension and connect with their child in powerful ways.
While reading on their own, kids are occupied with decoding the tangle of letters and sounds, tricky words and vocabulary. But reading aloud frees the child up and gives the child access to the transformative power of the story; to deeply think, learn and discuss different perspectives and big ideas about the world, about others and about ourselves..

So parents, fix a time in your routine, set your phone aside, take a book and a few pillows, and immerse in the wonderful world of words with your kids.
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBuT2wdYtpM