Parents, by their very nature, wish to protect their child as much as they possibly can, but if this protection is taken too far, then it ends up causing deep and long-term damage to a child’s development, self-confidence and ability to grow into a fully functional Read More …
Here at How To Raise A Happy Genius, we’re very big on the need to teach children a wide range of core life skills if you wish them to grow into happy and successful adults. These core life skills range from things like being able Read More …
How To Raise An Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims is a book that’s both a damning indictment of the over-parenting commonly found in better off families in the western world, and a solution to it. The first half of the book is spent outlining just how much, despite Read More …
If you would like to contribute to How To Raise A Happy Genius, we would be more than happy to hear from you. However, before you contact us, make sure you are familiar with our existing content and especially with our overall philosophy. We will Read More …
As well as developing your child’s core life skills, you will find that there are certain skills of your own that you may also need to develop, especially if you were raised by parents who did not follow a child-raising strategy similar to the How Read More …
I’ve mentioned core life skills a number of times, but so far, I’ve not said anything about what they are. Core life skills are easy to define: they are the basic skills you need to lead a happy and successful life. This is simple enough Read More …
The How To Raise A Happy Genius philosophy can be summarised by six key tenets. These are: 1. Above all else, teaching your kids core life skills should be fun: There are many studies that have shown that children learn better when they are having Read More …
Now that you know how we define a happy genius, it’s time to outline the underlying philosophy behind How To Raise A Happy Genius. Our philosophy is to help every child meet their full potential and become the person they want to become by ensuring that they Read More …
How To Raise A Happy Genius aims to provide information, advice and ideas for parents (or guardians, grandparents, uncles, aunts or, indeed, anyone interested in helping a child get the best out of their lives) on how to educate children in a way that not Read More …
At the heart of the How To Raise A Happy Genius team is Colin M. Drysdale. Colin has been a scientist from an age before he even really understood what science was. He has an honour’s degrees in Zoology, a master’s degree in marine and Read More …