Parents: How to raise a creative genius (CNN)

This article by Elizabeth Landau actually describes children who already possess the gift of a thirst for knowledge and application thereof. However, it reminds us about not stifling creativity [by imposing a rigid rate and measuring by a universal scale of knowledge growth] as a blanket approach.

These are the essential suggestions of the article:

Sparking curiosity (aka motivation)

Setting up challenges (aka setting goals)

Being open-minded (aka encourage)

Making ‘teaching moments’ (aka mentor)

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/10/22/motivation.kids/index.html?hpt=C2