New parents should read Freakonomics, than watching it.
What did his analysis say? A Child tend to do well in school, when the child have
- Well educated parents
- Lots of books at home
- Parents with High socio-economic status
- Mother, who is 30+ years during the birth
- Parents speak English
- Parents involved in PTA
and these facts or behavior which may not guarantee that child will do good at school (note he doesn't say BAD, just says may not help to large extend or sometimes may cause damage)
- Family is intact
- Parents moved to a better neighborhood
- Mother didn't work between birth and kindergarten
- Child attended Head stat
- Parents take Child regularly to a museum
- Parent read to child nearly every day
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