Most parents want their kid to be brilliant, but no one has quite landed on a formula to raise an intelligent and successful adult. (Spoiler alert: These tips might help, but there are no guarantees, whatever your formula.)
Co-authors Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Golinkoff, both developmental psychologists, are interested in how to get kids to succeed not just academically, but as human beings.
The things memorized facts can't teach you, according to the authors, are exactly what children really need to move forward in a world that's continually being restructured by information, advancement, and technology.
"We need to change the whole definition of what success in school, and out of school, means," Hirsh-Pasek told NPR, where we first heard of their book.
She and Golinkoff created a six-point "21st-century report card:" skills kids should be developing in order to be successful later on. Beyond the three Rs, parents and schools should also be focusing on what they call the six Cs: