Dear Clubbers and Friends,
The PCE Club held its 43rd monthly event on March 9,2007 in the Asian Cultural Center. It was originally planned as a session on child development from a pediatric psychologist' s perspestive. However, due to the speaker's unexpected schedule change, it was then changed into a session focused on discussion of several parenting books. Organizers of this event included Sandra Liu, Dennis Wu, Angela Qiu, Cindy Yu and Yingting Zhang. A special thank you goes to XiaoZhou and her mom who brought toys for all the children who performed. Also thank you to many other helpers who made this event run smoothly.
Followed our usual kids performance was the parenting book discussion which started with a video show of John Drescher's talk on his book "When Your Child Is 6to 12". This book on middle childhood was recommendedby Dennis Wu. Age 6 to 12 is a middle childhood thatis often neglected. Drescher pointed out that this is the last great chance to get close to your child. Here are the outlines:
Last chance to Hold Them Close
Last chance to Spend Time With Our Children (LOVE = T-I-M-E)
Last chance to Instill Values
Last chance to Read To Your Children
Last great time to Feeling
Last chance to Teach The Fact Of Sex
Last good time to Discuss on Vocations
"The Hurried Child", as I recommended before on the yahoo list, was first introduced to me by a teacher in my son's school. It was written by Dr. David Elkind who depicted that parents have pushed their children too far, too much both emotionally and intellectually. Each child has his or her own pace of development. We should nurture them in a way that is best for their growing, learning and maturing... There were several for-and-against opinions on this book posted previously on the club's online forum. Please refer to the list for the related discussion.
"Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence" by Jane Healy "is a window into the fascinating process of brain development and learning" (in Angela's words). Thank Angela for sharing this wonderful book with us. She read a few paragraphs to the audience. The book has been often picked as a must-read for college students who are majoring in education. Below is a paragraph from the book which is one of the main messages from the author:
"It is possible to force skills by intensive instruction, but this may cause the child to use immature, inappropriate neural networks and distortthe natural growth process. Trying to speed learning over unfinished neuron system might be some what akin to racing a limousine over a narrow path in the woods. You can do it, but neither the car no the path end up in very good shape!"
The PCE Club will hold its 44th event on Saturday evening, April 14, 2007 on How to Make Financial Plans for Your Kid's College Education and Tips on CollegeApplications/ Admissions. More information will be posted. To learn more about PCE Club, please feel free to sign up for the free emailing list athttp://us.f506.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=joinpceclub%40pceclub.org. Or visit us at our website www.pceclub. org or http://groups.%20yahoo.com/%20group/pce_%20club/
Thank you,
Yingting Zhang
On behalf of PCE Club Organizers
The PCE Club held its 43rd monthly event on March 9,2007 in the Asian Cultural Center. It was originally planned as a session on child development from a pediatric psychologist' s perspestive. However, due to the speaker's unexpected schedule change, it was then changed into a session focused on discussion of several parenting books. Organizers of this event included Sandra Liu, Dennis Wu, Angela Qiu, Cindy Yu and Yingting Zhang. A special thank you goes to XiaoZhou and her mom who brought toys for all the children who performed. Also thank you to many other helpers who made this event run smoothly.
Followed our usual kids performance was the parenting book discussion which started with a video show of John Drescher's talk on his book "When Your Child Is 6to 12". This book on middle childhood was recommendedby Dennis Wu. Age 6 to 12 is a middle childhood thatis often neglected. Drescher pointed out that this is the last great chance to get close to your child. Here are the outlines:
Last chance to Hold Them Close
Last chance to Spend Time With Our Children (LOVE = T-I-M-E)
Last chance to Instill Values
Last chance to Read To Your Children
Last great time to Feeling
Last chance to Teach The Fact Of Sex
Last good time to Discuss on Vocations
"The Hurried Child", as I recommended before on the yahoo list, was first introduced to me by a teacher in my son's school. It was written by Dr. David Elkind who depicted that parents have pushed their children too far, too much both emotionally and intellectually. Each child has his or her own pace of development. We should nurture them in a way that is best for their growing, learning and maturing... There were several for-and-against opinions on this book posted previously on the club's online forum. Please refer to the list for the related discussion.
"Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence" by Jane Healy "is a window into the fascinating process of brain development and learning" (in Angela's words). Thank Angela for sharing this wonderful book with us. She read a few paragraphs to the audience. The book has been often picked as a must-read for college students who are majoring in education. Below is a paragraph from the book which is one of the main messages from the author:
"It is possible to force skills by intensive instruction, but this may cause the child to use immature, inappropriate neural networks and distortthe natural growth process. Trying to speed learning over unfinished neuron system might be some what akin to racing a limousine over a narrow path in the woods. You can do it, but neither the car no the path end up in very good shape!"
The PCE Club will hold its 44th event on Saturday evening, April 14, 2007 on How to Make Financial Plans for Your Kid's College Education and Tips on CollegeApplications/ Admissions. More information will be posted. To learn more about PCE Club, please feel free to sign up for the free emailing list athttp://us.f506.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=joinpceclub%40pceclub.org. Or visit us at our website www.pceclub. org or http://groups.%20yahoo.com/%20group/pce_%20club/
Thank you,
Yingting Zhang
On behalf of PCE Club Organizers
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