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Terapi Wicara vs Day Care / Preschool

Ini postingan update dari postinganku sebelumnya tentang my baby Leonie yang aku putuskan untuk berhenti terapi wicara. (postingan lama) In January, me and husband decided to stop all Leonie speech therapy and enrolled her to Day Care inclusive preschool. Kami gambling sebenarnya karena terngiang-ngiang himbauan dari para dokter dan psikolog anak bahwa anak Speech Delay disarankan TIDAK diikutkan di preschool terlebih dahulu karena dikhawatirkan anak tersebut akan merasa berbeda karena belum bisa berbicara dan berakibat ke low self-esteem and self confidence.  Saya membaca salah satu buku Ayah Edi dan di buku tersebut disebutkan bahwa anak Telat bicara tidak perlu terapi, hanya perlu banyak bergaul dan diajak ngobrol.  Two different opinions. Sangat bertolak belakang.  I wrote this on May, 3rd. 4 bulan setelah Leonie bergabung di Day Care-nya. Bagaimana perkembangan anak ini sekarang di usianya 2 tahun 9 bulan?  1. Bisa mengucapkan 1 - 10 dlm bahasa Indonesi...

How I made sure all 12 of my kids could pay for college themselves

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How I made sure all 12 of my kids could pay for college themselves http://qz.com/165716/how-i-made-sure-all-12-of-my-kids-could-pay-for-college-themselves/ By Francis L. Thompson January 12, 2014 Francis L. Thompson is an engineer at Northrop Grumman Corp. He led the teams that designed the first Direct TV satellites and missile defense satellites, as well as ground control for these systems. The Thompson family photo. Or Photoshop, since they haven't all been in the same place since 1998. Courtesy of Francis Thompson   My wife and I had 12 children over the course of 15 1/2 years. Today, our oldest is 37 and our youngest is 22.  I have always had a very prosperous job and enough money to give my kids almost anything. But my wife and I decided not to. I will share with you the things that we did, but first let me tell you the results: All 12 of my children have college degrees (or ar...