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Bringing up s better baby (and

goodbye Dr.Spock)

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Summary
(max 200 words)

New
Vocabulary/phrases/
Idiom and meaning
The article describe the
- Mewl : to make a
comparison between 2
weak crying sound.
famous methods that can
be used to bring up the
- Invaded : enter a
baby, which are from Dr.
country or town
Benjamin Spock and
using military force
Glenn Doman. The first
in order to make
expert is an American
control of it.
pediatrician,
Dr.
Benjamin Spoke. He
- Recite : speech to
believes that a baby
say a list or series
should grow naturally
of things
by the environment. A
(melafalkan)
baby is born to be a
reasonable
friendly
human being. On the
- Pediatrician: the
other hand, Dr. Glenn
doctor who studies
Doman believes that
and treats the
parents should treat the
disease of the
babys mind as a
children.
sponge.
A
babys
- Excessive: greater
intellectual and physical
than what seems
abilities will increase in

Comment
(Min 50 words)
This article is good
for us as an adult.
We could know
what
kind
of
methods than can be
used for raising our
baby in the future.
Besides that useful
information,
the
way that the writer
use to describe it is
really interesting.
The main idea of
the
article
is
implicit. We could
see it from the tittle,
illustration and also
the last paragraph in
the article.

direct proportion to
stimulation. It can be
applied by giving a baby
flashcard with words to
stimulate their brain.

reasonable or
appropriate.

Question:
1. How do you feel you would have responded as a baby or child if you had been trained in the manner described in the article?
- If I were a baby or a child who had been trained like that I would feel under pressure. It is just force them to memorize the
words and it could make them bored to study in the future.
2. Would you want your children to be trained like this? Why? Why not?
No, I wouldnt. Its too hard for them. They will learn about words naturally. But as a parent, we should stimulate them to learn
in the fun way. So our children will be learn about in this case, words unconsciously.
3. What is the difference between learning and playing for a baby?
In my opinion, learning through playing is a babys must. They are playing but actually they are also learning something from
what they play.
4. Do you think that an institute like Glenn Domans would be popular in your country? Why? Why not? What kind of people do
you think it might be popular with?
No, I dont think so. Most of the parents in my environment especially believe that children should learn naturally by making
their own experience. So they can understand everything by themselves independently.
5. Can you envisage any problems that might result for both parents and children who embark on such a programme or training?
I think the distance will be created between children and their parents. Because they feel under pressure with their parents
because they force to learn something which is hard for them in their age. Less respect when they growing up, is another bad
impact because of Domans method.