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  • Essay / Motivation for successful child development, by...

    People believe that children will succeed in life in different ways. In this book, the author has his own idea and motivation for successful child development. Previously, “two-year-olds completed worksheets and did letter and number recognition exercises (Tough, 2013, p.xiii). Today, they believe that child development should be different and not like before. When they just wanted kids to memorize everything and put so much into their little brains. There are many factors affecting a child's development that Tough talks about, such as stress and attachment issues. The author, Paul Tough, has a great motivation for writing this book which will be discussed in more detail in this essay. Change Shift from thinking that “for a child to be successful, they must have primary cognitive skills” (Touch, 2013, p.xiii). To “help [children] develop a very different set of qualities…. Such as perseverance, self-control, curiosity, awareness, courage and self-confidence” (Tough, 2013, p.xv). Cognitive skills are also important in their development, but they should not be based on this alone, but on all the other qualities mentioned above. Its main goal is also to solve the problems that we have been doing wrong for so long that will help a child develop for success. Some parents don't know any better because they have an attachment history themselves and it can hurt their children. It is never too late to change and form a secure attachment with their children, which will make a big difference in a child's life (Tough, 2013, p.41). Speaking of parenthood, Tough's motivation for writing this book and doing so much research is his son. Tough decided to look into nursery schools as soon as her son was born. When he went to observe, he knew that his son Ellington had been born at a time when everyone wanted to have their children from the age of two in the best preschool possible. They also wanted them to learn so much at such a young age that they weren't focusing on all the other important qualities they should know to become great and successful adults..