推动摇篮的手就是推动国家的手！

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　　在我的演讲中，我经常说：推动摇篮的手就是推动国家的手！母亲的水平决定了国家的水平！母亲的语言决定了孩子的一生！下面这个故事就深刻地说明了这一点！

【1】I recently heard a story from Stephen Glenn about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from others?
【1】我最近从斯蒂芬.格伦（美儿童教育专家）那里听到了关于一个著名的研究科学家的故事，此人实现了几个非常重要的医学突破。他在接受了一个新闻记者的采访时被问到：为何他认为自己具有比一般人多得多的创造能力？除了天赋，是什么东西促使他达到这样高的水平？

【2】He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor - a veritable sea of milk!
【2】他回答道，在他看来，他非凡的创造力是在他差不多2岁时，受到了和他母亲的一段经历的启发。当时他正试图将一瓶牛奶拿出冰箱，但光滑的瓶身使得他失手了，瓶子落在了地上，溢出的牛奶在厨房的地板上流的到处都是——名副其实的乳海！

【3】When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"
【3】他的母亲进到厨房中，却没有冲他大吼大叫，也没有说教或惩罚他，她只是说，“罗伯特，你弄出了一堆多么奇妙的东西呀！我几乎还从来没看见过这么大一洼牛奶呢。嗯，既然损失已经造成了。你要不要在我们清理以前在这洼牛奶中好好玩一会？”

【4】Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?" He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
【4】他真的就地趴下在牛奶中玩。过了一会，他的母亲说，“你知道吗，罗伯特，无论什么时候当你弄出这样的脏乱场面，最终你都得清理干净，并且把所有事情恢复到正确的顺序。所以，你想怎么清理呢？我们可以用一块海绵，一条毛巾或一只拖把。你想用哪种工具？”他选择了海绵，然后和他母亲一起清理干净了溢出来的牛奶。

【5】His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it." The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!
【5】之后，他的母亲说，“你知道吗，我们刚才所经历的是一次失败的经验，就是怎么能够有效地用两只小手握住一大瓶牛奶。走！我们去后院，把瓶子装满水，看看你能否想出一个办法握住而不使它掉下来。”那个小孩通过实验了解到，如果他用双手在盖子下面的顶部握住瓶子，他就能握住而不使它掉下来。多么奇妙的一个教训！

【6】This renowned scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment "doesn't work," we usually learn something valuable from it.
【6】接着，这个知名的科学家评论说，就是在那个时候，他学会了不必害怕去犯错误。实际上，他明白了错误恰恰正是去学习新事物的机会，终究，科学实验也是如此。即使实验“没有成功，”我们一般都能从实验中学习到有价值的东西。

【7】Wouldn't it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert's mother responded to him?
【7】如果所有的父母对都能做出像罗伯特的母亲对他儿子那样积极的反应，那该会有多好啊！