This might be one of the most important things to know about children

 They basically tend to do what adults think of them.

So, for example, a study was made about grade school age children and what they found is that when they told the adult teachers that the F students were A Students and the A Students were F students they behaved in this way.y

In other words because of what the adults thought the F students became A Students and the A Students Became F students.

So, the point is how you treat kids is everything. They all are Brilliant just in different ways.

My father was Valedictorian of his High School Class. Was I? NO.

However, I remember him teaching me to debate about literally everything by age 8.

For example, I liked Rock n Roll Music and he called it "Jungle Bunny Music" in the 1950s which was a pretty common thing said to kids then.

So, my first debate was about rock n Roll music.

However, the point my father was trying to teach me was if you cannot defend your point of view with real facts then you are nowhere in life.

This was one of the best things he ever taught me.

The other thing both my parents taught me was: "As a Man thinketh so is he"

However, more useful now would be: "As a person thinketh so are they"

Or "You are what you think".

So, what you think is one of things that decides whether you live or die and when you live and when you die.