One of the big problems we usually have mothers and fathers today is the lack of models. We have our own parents, the people we know, but beyond that, we can be guided by inconsistent models.
That's why I found it interesting to talk about great mothers and fathers They were guarantors of the rights of their children and, with their trust and dedication, helped them to develop fully.
Television or what appears in the media in general are quite confusing models. However, History offers us examples of mothers and fathers in whom we can see ourselves reflected especially if we want to defend our way of seeing the world and defend our children against, sometimes, a system that unifies and demands submission to the powers established in regard to parenting or education.
Nancy Edison and her son Thomas
Today I bring you the story of Nancy Edison, precisely now fulfilling the 164 years of the birth of her son Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventors that have existed. Edison himself explained his admiration for his mother and recognition for his work and defense in an unquestionable way.
I discovered that a mother is usually a wonderful thing, since Mom took my hand and led me back to school. Fury, he told the professor that he didn't know what he was saying. Mom was the most enthusiastic advocate any child could have had, and it was exactly at that moment when I made the decision that I would be worthy of her and show her that I was not wrong.
Little Thomas Edison at school
His family was middle class. His parents had emigrated to the United States from Canada for political reasons and had a small timber company.
Thomas Edison was the seventh brother, although only three of his older brothers had survived childhood. When he turned eight he went to school for the first time, something usual at that time.
However, Thomas was a child too imaginative, very moved. There was no way he was quiet and sitting in class attending, he got bored and bothered. I hated math. What today would possibly be considered a hyperactive that should be treated.
When he had been going to school for three months he returned one day crying home. The professor had told him that he would always be sterile and unproductive, which is called a "zote."
His mother, instead of punishing him or worrying, trusted his son's qualities, peculiarities and inquisitive spirit. And of course he did not allow disrespect or be labeled as silly or problematic.
He planted at school and, as they say, "sang the forty" to the teacher. She was not willing to have her son bitterly infested or self-confidence killed. If the boy was moved, he would be allowed to move. If the boy asked about everything and wanted to know everything, he would answer.
The education of young Edison
And given that the school system was not able to integrate it happily, Nancy Edison made a decision that would mark her son's destiny, as he himself recognized. She decided to educate him at home herself.
Nancy had some training as a teacher, but did not have much experience in it. However, that didn't scare her. She was a committed mother, dedicated and above all, defended her particular son to whom it was necessary, even from the father himself who did not always understand that the child would be allowed to investigate on his own without following the usual educational standards.
She knew that her son was brilliant, perhaps differently, but with great abilities that could only be taken care of in a personalized and respectful environment. He was terrified of uniformity and compulsory learning that prevailed in school, he preferred to opt for a much more open, unorthodox, flexible and creative style.
He read works of literature and history that had captivated her and soon discovered the boy's great interest in science and experiments, giving him books and instruments to follow his great passion.
His mother's confidence helped him to be a great inventor
Thomas Edison became, from a young age, a brilliant and committed person, an indefatigable researcher who worked in fields as diverse as optics, acoustics or electricity.
The incandescent filament lamp, the phonograph and some of the advances in cinema were some of his best-known inventions and which have most influenced technological changes. But above all Edison's great contribution was to be able to bring scientific research to experimental and technological research.
Edison considered that he had been able to develop his abilities thanks to his mother's dedication and trust. Do youWhat would have happened to him if Nancy Edison had not been a great mother?
I consider Nancy Edison as a model, a great mother From which to learn, and surely many of our readers, their confidence in their child and their work to help them fully develop, will inspire them.
