Not sent them to the govt brainwashing centers.
Public school?
Ask HN: What do you wish you had taught/done for your children at an early age?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you had taught/done for your children at an early age?
#22I've been watching younger friends teaching their infants some sign language, which seems to make for happier babies. The kids can start learning at 4-5 months and had the coordination to use the signs maybe two months later. 'more', 'eat', 'mom', 'dad','play', 'sleep' & 'dog'. And the kids are thrilled when I finally learn a new word from them.
Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you had taught/done for your children at an early age?
#23I've been watching younger friends teaching their infants some sign language, which seems to make for happier babies. The kids can start learning at 4-5 months and had the coordination to use the signs maybe two months later. 'more', 'eat', 'mom', 'dad','play', 'sleep' & 'dog'. And the kids are thrilled when I finally learn a new word from them.
We totally thought we’d try signing. But it turned out that our child was able to make their message known with their own signals. So we just picked up theirs and didn’t bother with “official” sign language.
Around 6 months our kid picked up signs from other kids at school and tried them on us. That was super cool. I asked the teachers and they told us they only used 3 signs. So our kid definitely picked it up from friends.
Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you had taught/done for your children at an early age?
#24I've been watching younger friends teaching their infants some sign language, which seems to make for happier babies. The kids can start learning at 4-5 months and had the coordination to use the signs maybe two months later. 'more', 'eat', 'mom', 'dad','play', 'sleep' & 'dog'. And the kids are thrilled when I finally learn a new word from them.
A little effort, pays massive amount of dividends.
Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you had taught/done for your children at an early age?
#25I don't have kids, but there are three things I really wish my parents had done: 1) Require that I take piano / guitar lessons for at least a few years. I know I'd hate it as a kid, but as an adult, the ability to read music and create music is magical to me. I wish I'd learned. (I've been "playing" guitar for 20 years, but I'm _terrible_ at it and not likely to get much better.) 2) Make exercise a family activity. I…
I'd like to know why did you choose Spanish over other languages. Can you tell me?
Well, at my high school the only choices were Spanish and French. I grew up in the South. There aren't a lot of Francophiles there. I figured Spanish was a more useful language (and it turns out, I like it a lot).
I did wind up taking a semester of French in college, but I hated it.
Re: Ask HN: What do you wish you had taught/done for your children at an early age?
#26dd