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Today, we start our series on intelligent and radical ways to pay for college. We will arrive quickly at the technical discussion on this topic but first, we start with one of my new interests: early education for infants and toddlers.
Today, I share with you my recent discovery into this world and what I’ve learned so far.
“Put that on my tombstone, make that my epitaph: He drove mothers and babies closer together, and I will rest well.” – Glenn Doman
Links from the show:
- 12-Month-Old Baby Swimming by Himself Under Water – The video that initially inspired me
- 11-Month-Old Baby “Reading”
- Larry Sanger’s Essay on Baby Reading
- A Newborn’s Early Learning Program at 2-weeks old
- Domains of Early Child Development from www.ICanTeachMyChild.com
- Background on Glenn Doman
- Books written by Glenn Doman and his organization
- Study: Babies Can’t Learn to Read via The Atlantic
- Can You Teach a Baby to Read? via Daily Mail
- Teaching your Baby to Read via Brill Baby
- Institute for the Advancement of Human Potential
- Arguments for and Against Early Learning
- The Opportunity Costs of Progressive Education
Hi Joshua,
I have listened to most of your RPF podcasts to date. Your episode on “Teach Your Baby To Read” is really a stretch on what I would refer to as an applicable topic for “Radical Personal Finance”.
I do not have children nor are my wife and I planning on having children. I do understand that this is of personal interest to you and your wife in your current role as parents of a 1 year old, however you may need to start another podcast called “Radical Personal Parenting” where you can share your child raring techniques with those that are interested.
I look forward to each of your daily RPF podcasts and I hope you will continue to focus on topics that are in fact “Finance” related. Please listen again to your Oct. 8th show and determine where in fact finances are concerned.
Thanks,
Derek
Hey Derek,
Thanks for the comment…duly noted!
FYI, perhaps I didn’t explain the relevance well, but I do think it’s very related to personal finance. I’ll clear that up a bit in the next show on the subject.
Perhaps you and your wife won’t experience this, but many parents destroy their own financial life in order to provide a better future for their kids. Often times, the “better future” is predicated on spending massive amounts of money on their schooling/education/activities/etc.
The point of the “teach your baby to read” idea is that, if it works (and I’ve seen good evidence that it might make a big difference), it might have the effect of forever increasing your child’s IQ and learning ability.
It’s something that a parent can do to really help their child’s development. This could lead to mainstream opportunities (such as many more scholarships, etc.) that will help them in the future and also to some non-mainstream opportunities I’ll go over in future shows.
I could have done a better job setting the stage and connecting it to finance. Thanks for letting me know!
We are looking forward to parts 2-4 of this series. When do you expect those to run?
Thank you for all you do. We’ve shared your podcast with many friends.
Soon. (in the next couple of weeks) Thank you for sharing!