As early as the 1960s, such a father appeared in rural areas of China. He has been practicing his educational philosophy all his life, and in an era when "reading is useless" prevailed, he carefully trained six children in his family to become talents through reading.
Among them, five doctors from famous American universities, 1 master, have embarked on the road of elite.
This simple and strange parent has regarded "father" as his lifelong career since he was 26 years old, and his legendary experience has become popular all over the country, even causing quite a stir in Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province and Singapore.
At a time when "widowed child-rearing" has been mentioned more and more, more and more media have turned their attention to Cai Xiaoxiao. What does "father" mean to a man? Maybe there will be different answers here.
Cai Xiaoxiao had a dream of reading when he was a child. Although he was admitted to the Physics Department of Hangzhou University, he studied hard since he was a child. Later, due to the early death of his father, the eldest son Cai Xiaoxiao needed to work late to support his family.
Cai Xiaoxiao has always had six children. Like most parents, Cai Xiaoxiao's unfulfilled dreams are pinned on the next generation. Therefore, he is determined to realize his "reading dream" with his children.
In those years when the children were born, the whole family lived in a century-old rental house in the countryside, with two floors of 16 square meters, facing south, hot in summer and cold in winter, a shop downstairs, and eight bedrooms and study rooms upstairs.
Although the environment is shabby and bad, Cai Xiaoxiao still plasters portraits of scientists such as Einstein, Madame Curie and Newton on the cracked and aging wooden wall, and tells the children stories of these scientists whenever he has time.
Cai Xiaoxiao thinks: "People's intelligence is similar. What really determines success are non-intellectual factors that are often overlooked, such as will, morality, health, social communication ability and other qualities. Encouraging children to be determined from an early age is the first step in educating children. "
The seeds of ambition have been planted in children's hearts since childhood, so that children are deeply rooted in their own positioning and direction, and basically have no power to shake and change in the future.
At 6 o'clock every morning, Cai Xiao plays the erhu downstairs, and the children get up one after another in the melodious sound of the piano. Later, Cai Xiaoxiao found that the children were very interested in foreign language radio programs in the morning. He simply woke up the children by radio.
When night falls, it will be the study and reading time for the whole family.
The family sat around the lamp. Cai Xiaoxiao sat among the children reading professional books at night, and the children were reading textbooks. If they don't understand, they can always ask their father questions.
With the joint efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Cai Xiaoxiao, their six children all performed exceptionally well.
The eldest son Cai. /kloc-went to college at the age of 0/5,/kloc-went to graduate school at the age of 0/9. He graduated from Cornell University with a doctorate and is now one of the youngest tenured professors in wharton school.
The second son Cai Tianwu. 14 years old attended the juvenile class of the Chinese University of Science and Technology, and 18 years old was sent to the United States to study for a doctorate. He used to be the vice president of Goldman Sachs in the United States and now runs a company in new york;
The third son Cai. Ph.D., St. John's University, USA, now developing in China;
The fourth son, Cai Tianrun. Ph.D., Arkansas State University, USA, doing research work at Harvard University and establishing a private hospital in Shanghai;
The fifth son Cai Tianjun. Master of China University of Science and Technology, now working in a bank;
My daughter Cai Tianxi. /kloc-was admitted to the juvenile class of the Chinese University of Science and Technology at the age of 0/4,/kloc-was admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the age of 0/8, and received a doctorate from Harvard University at the age of 22. Now he is a tenured professor at Harvard University.
Cai's third generation Sun Cai and granddaughter Cai Xuanjia are also students of MIT.
In the process of growing up six children, there is another thing that makes Cai Xiaoxiao proud:
"My child has never studied passively under high pressure. On the contrary, they study in a relaxed and happy environment. This pleasant learning experience ensures their continuous strong learning motivation and interest, and realizes a self-motivated conscious learning. "
"Early education, determination from childhood, and teaching children correct self-study methods" is the sum total of Cai's educational thoughts.
In the eyes of outsiders, under the cultivation of Cai Xiaoxiao, several children are "schoolmasters", but Cai Xiaoxiao hopes that children have both high IQ and high EQ.
In order to cultivate children's EQ, 1978, Cai Xiaoxiao and his wife took their children on a trip to the north and south.
He designed his own tourist routes, starting from Dalian, Shenyang, Changchun and Harbin, crossing the Songhua River and boarding Sun Island, and then going to Chifeng, Jinzhou, Beijing, Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, Beidaihe, Qingdao and Shanghai.
Every time she goes to a scenic spot, Cai Xiaoxiao will explain relevant historical stories to the children in the evening to stimulate their interest and imagination.
1990 is even more unusual. The family took dry food and drinking water, walked in the car, fell asleep and headed for Hangzhou.
The influence of travel on children is remarkable. Although young in the class, but not immature in knowledge and experience, showing the independence that ordinary children do not have.
When Wu Tian, the second son, was 4 years old, he got lost at the dock because of his parents' negligence. However, with his ability to find his way since he was a child, he walked 15 miles home alone.
Cai Tianxi, the youngest daughter, said, "Because of my father's education, we have gained all kinds of life experiences. We know how to face gains and losses with a normal heart and never give up easily. He taught us how to be a man and how to have the ability to be happy. "
Cai Xiaoxiao wrote more than 600 letters to every child in the family. Almost every semester, there are more than 10 letters from home.
Not only that, Cai Xiaoyao even set up a growth file for each child, kept a diary for them, and knew their details like the back of his hand.
Every time someone asks about Cai Xiaoxiao's parenting secret, Cai Xiaoxiao always smiles and says:
"Early education lays the intellectual foundation; Determined since childhood, established the development direction of life; Self-study ability is a lifelong learning method. With the foundation, the direction and the method, success is only a matter of time. "
Jane Cihuan-Early Speech Academy, I wish everyone a harmonious family and a happy life.