In the eyes of adult or parent, a child is a child forever. How old they are, how big their world are. This is an error. Psychologically, the world of child is bigger than adult owing to their simple and direct mind. 

Psychoanalysis said that child may be in the stage of id, they must put more afford and time to grow up; Behaviorism thought that they have to learn more and more behavior from the adult world……different factions have different point of views. Every parent could find out the uniqueness of their children whereas that uniqueness is your “real” children? 

Traditionally, child is child, immaturity. They should go to school, be obedience, no idea, mutation, and do not argue. The only two things of the childhood are studying and respect teacher and seniority. Extracurricular activity is helpless for studying. Please leave sports, music and interests alone. Believe it or not, this era still have these parents. 

Modern parents thought that they could never lose on the starting line. The American psychologist Howard Gardner and Thomas Hatch (1989) stated that Howard Gardner (Frames of Mind, 1983) proposed Theory of multiple intelligences: Verbal or Linguistic, Logical or Mathematical, Visual or Spatial, Bodily or Kinesthetic, Musical or Rhythmic, Inter-personal or Social, Intra-personal or Introspective, and Naturalist (replenish by Gardner in 1999). For this reason, we have to join all the activities, tutorials, or other special techniques to explore the potential of the child? 

There is no absolute answer, whichever your thought is. The striking point is the personality or disposition of the child. It may affect which faction would be used. As long as the child could have much more conversation with you, we should care about the relationship of parent & children. 

Same method, along with same ways, but the result is different. Probably, a tricky magic lives inside. 

Does the children heart as narrow as adults mentions? Or they have a huge area that would not explore? If you are interesting in, please go to: http://www.googoogaga.com.hk/ChildHeart/edm.html 

Reference

Gardner, Howard, and Thomas Hatch. (1989).  Educational implications of the theory of multiple intelligences. Educational researcher. 18.8. PP4-10.