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By So-Song Chang, Part-Time Assistant Professor, National Open University

We usually found out that: when children want to study vocational high school, 

yet parents force them to choose high school; children have no interest in 

specific subject, but parents ask them learn it from cram school; children like 

language, music, physical education, mechanic, while parents think mathematics, 

chemistry and physics are more important; they even think children who are 

good at math are smarter than those who are good at geography; English skills is more investable than art skills, etc. But are these point of views true? 

The above answers can be summed up clearly as an important concept that is 

"misplaced", placing the child's natural talents in the wrong place. We can 

understand how much parents care about their children's further education and 

their career pathway, but how painful and struggling for children to these 

arrangements.

According to the "multiple intelligences" proposed by Harvard psychologist H. Gardner (1983), human intelligence includes at least eight types, which including 

logic-mathematics, space, music, body, interpersonal, introspection, and natural 

exploration.

In the development of children's intelligence, there will inevitably be these eight 

types of intelligence, some of them are more advantageous while some are 

weaker. Dear parents, if you want your child to learn happily and efficiently, youneed to guide them by their advantageous intelligence and give them give 

affirmative recognition.

If the parents only pay attention to children's training in language or 

mathematics, then children with strong intelligence in music, sports, dance, and artwill not be able to obtain proper guidance and affirmation. Not only the 

child suffer loss of confidence, but even the parents are deeply frustrated. 

The modern world is a society where every occupation can have talented people

with the right position is a genius, in the wrong position it is difficult to 

become a champion, and it may be nothing eventually. It can be said that the 

most beautiful happiness in the world to find the number one position of 

the most precious and unique self that god has given to the child - "superior 

intelligence", and let the child's talents give full play.

All parents hope that they can help their children find their own strengthen and 

develop their talents. Indeed, striving to find the child's advantage Intelligence

and to facilitate clarity is a necessary responsibility for parents. The "brightening" of superior intelligence enables children to have wonderful experiences such as 

happiness, interest, and freedom, igniting the spark of life. Parents' support for 

children can make children feel that "the advantages of children can be accepted", making them become people who give full play to their natural talents.

Dear parents, every child is intelligent, appreciates his superior talents and 

provides the stage for his/her performance is important. Therefore, we hope that 

parents can help children to inspire their superior intelligence, so that each child's superior intelligence can be made clear, not paralyzed, moreover, their superior 

intelligence can generate self-confidence and a sense of value, moving towards 

excellence.