2 Things That Help Us Bring Up Well-Rounded and Happy Kids2种方式让你的孩子多才多艺，幸福快乐

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1. Fairy tales and parables¹

1.童话和寓言故事

Fairy tales are an essential part of the child’s personal development. Psychologists prove that fairy tales help children comprehend the reality. Fairy tales and parables give us an opportunity to explain the child what is good and what is bad. They’re full of positive and negative characters, which do either good or bad deeds. To put it differently, fairy tale is the reflection of real life, communications and relationships between people. I remember my childhood with a pleasant feeling in my heart. I loved listening to fairy tales. When I listened to them, I imagined the characters, their feelings and emotions. My mom wanted to develop my imagination skills.

童话故事对于孩子的个人发展是一个重要部分。心理学家证明童话可以帮助孩子理解现实世界。童话和寓言故事给孩子提供了一个解释好与坏的机会。童话和寓言故事中充满了积极和消极的人物角色，他们会做好事或者坏事。换一种解释方法就是，童话反映了现实生活、人与人之间的交流和人际关系。我记得我小时候内心快乐的感觉。我喜欢听童话故事。当我听童话故事的时候，我会想象里面的人物、他们的感觉和情感。我的妈妈希望发展我的想象力。

From time to time, it’s desirable to read parables together with kids. This morally edifying² activity can teach children to be kind-hearted and law abiding³ people in the future and foster the best moral values in them.

和孩子时不时地一起读寓言故事是值得的。这一活动在道德上对孩子有教育意义，可以教会孩子心地善良，告诉孩子在将来遵守法律，培养孩子的最好的道德价值观。

2. Believe in Santa Claus

2.相信圣诞老人

Faith in something good has always been the best source of power, motivation and patience. People cannot live happily without looking for a miracle. I think that Santa Claus is the biggest miracle for every child on this planet. I know that the world of those children who believe in Santa Claus is full of joy, happiness and beauty. Let them enjoy this fairy tale while they’re small. A bit later, the harsh world will fill their hearts with realism and skepticism. 信念是一种很好的东西，一直是力量、动机和耐心的最好来源。人们如果不去寻找奇迹，就不能开心生活。我认为圣诞老人是世界上每个孩子最大的奇迹。我知道世界上相信圣诞老人的孩子，都是快乐、幸福和美丽的。让他们在小的时候，一直享受这一童话故事吧。以后，严酷的世界，会让孩子们的心里充满现实主义和怀疑态度。

Tell them that one day Santa will come and put a special gift under the Christmas tree or make their dreams come true. They just have to write a letter to Santa and ask him about something they want to get as a present. Many parents prefer to intimidate⁴ their children saying that Santa Claus won’t come, if they behave badly during the year. I believe that using fears isn’t the best idea to improve your child’s behavior.

告诉孩子们，有一天圣诞老人会来临，然后将一个特殊的礼物放在圣诞树之下，或者让他们梦想成真。他们只需给圣诞老人写信，请求圣诞老人他们想要的礼物就可以了。许多家长都更喜欢威胁孩子，告诉孩子如果他们今年表现不好，圣诞老人就不会来。我相信利用害怕并不是改善孩子行为最好的主意。

-----------------------------------------------------------------------1.Fairy tale神话故事，童话；谎言

That period of my life was a dark one and I had no idea that there was going to be what the press has since represented as a kind of fairy tale resolution. 我生命的那段时间非常的灰暗，那时我还不知道我的书会被新闻界认为是神话故事的革命，我也不知道这段灰暗的日子要持续多久。

2.foster 培养；养育，抚育；抱（希望等）

Foster an enterprise culture of safety and security.

培育一个安全和可靠的企业文化。

3.edifying 有益的；有教化意味的

But I will make an exception for this Newsweek article by Daniel Gross , in part because he invokes⁵ my name so prominently and in part because his error is so edifying.

不过，我将为这篇发表在《新闻周刊》上的丹尼尔格·格罗斯的大作破例一次，部分原因是他在文中直点我的名字令我无法视而不见，部分则因为他的错误非常有启发性。

4.dream come true 梦想成真；美梦成真

I knew he was nice from his films, but I had no idea how nice he would be. This has really been a dream come true.

我从他的电影知道他人不错，但我怎么也没有想到他会是如此平易近人，我的梦想终于成真。