

Ferguson, PhD, and Tatsha Robertson, the authors of “ The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children” found those influential parenting behaviors include:

When trying to encourage your little one’s development, consider that researchers who examined Einstein and other high achievers believe certain parenting behaviors may lead to more successful adults. So, if you choose to believe Gardner, every baby is smart in their own way, and it’s just up to you to identify and nurture based on where their intelligences lie.Įven if you disagree with Gardner’s theory, lots of research has shown the earliest years of a child’s life are pivotal in determining how their brain develops (though it will keep developing even after that). Additionally, people excel in different areas.

These include:Īccording to Gardner, while every human has some level of these intelligences, most people have a dominant intelligence that most significantly impacts how they interact with other people and the world around them.Īs a result of their dominant intelligence, people learn best in different ways. Intelligence can come in many different forms, and theorist Howard Gardner even hypothesized that there are nine different types of intelligences. While your little one may indeed be a genius, there are all kinds of smarts. It’s important to remember that all babies are born with potential.
