A "Longitudinal Study of Early Childhood" conducted by the US Department of Education surveyed 1000 schools, each with a sample of 20 students from kindergarten to fifth grade. The big data obtained from the survey was analyzed to reveal which factors ultimately have a significant correlation with children's academic performance.

As a generation of parents who raise children scientifically, we have generally realized the enormous impact of family atmosphere and habits on children's learning, and are committed to creating a good family environment conducive to their learning and growth. But how to create this environment is a systems engineering project.

The first step is to

Understand which factors have an impact on children's academic performance and which do not.

After all, parents' energy and resources are also limited, and their efforts should be spent on the things that can best help their children.

There are some unexpected research conclusions here, which suggest that many parents' constant efforts, even sacrifices, are actually unnecessary. In order to create a more targeted family environment for children, every parent should take some time to read.

As a new parent, no one has experience

From the moment a child is born, most parents begin to live in panic. Because raising children is inexperienced for first-time parents.

But many parents are aware that the upbringing environment of their children has a direct impact on their future academic performance, physical and mental health. Childhood experiences such as abuse, trauma, and family arguments are like a pair of evil hands, often pulling children off the path to happiness and health.

In recent years, the concept of childcare has been constantly changing, and experts from different schools of thought are at odds. Many times, experts say that a certain viewpoint is correct, but after a while, they jump out and swear that this viewpoint is wrong.

For middle-aged parents who are tired of dealing with work, it is obviously not easy to distinguish between facts and rumors, as this requires more professional knowledge and sufficient information support. Especially in the era of the Internet, where there is a huge amount of information and low level of recognition, which viewpoints are reliable?

6 factors related to children's grades

After research, it was found that 7 of these factors were highly correlated with the child's subsequent exam scores, while the remaining 7 factors had no effect.

Okay, let's first reveal the seven factors that are related to exam scores: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. How many questions did you answer correctly?

Next, we will briefly analyze the corresponding relationships in sequence:

Related: Parents with high educational background.

Unrelated: Family integrity.

Children with highly educated parents usually perform well in school, which should be expected by everyone. Relatively speaking, families with higher levels of education place more emphasis on education. Education level is generally positively correlated with intelligence, and from a genetic perspective, intelligence has a high degree of heritability.

But what may surprise everyone is that the integrity of the family has little impact on children's grades. Of course, from the perspective of data research results, it really doesn't matter in the lower grades. This can be considered a bit of comfort for many single parent families, but incomplete families can definitely have an impact on the formation of children's personalities.

Regarding: Parents have a high socio-economic status.

Unrelated: My parents have recently moved into a better neighborhood.

The high correlation between socio-economic status and children's exam scores should be well understood, as better economic conditions can provide children with a higher quality educational environment, which is also one of the important reasons why Chinese and foreign parents work hard.

In the United States, parents moving into better neighborhoods and improving living conditions do not change their children's academic performance, which is somewhat surprising. This seems to contradict the well-known concept of 'choosing a neighbor for a mother in the past'. In China, many parents purchase school district housing in order for their children to be eligible to enter a better school. If the concept of school district housing is excluded, I think the big data analysis conducted by Americans should be trustworthy.

Related: Parents are 30 years old and above when giving birth to their first child.

Unrelated: The mother does not work until the child is born and goes to kindergarten.

Generally speaking, the age at which a mother gives birth to a child in their first child is older, mostly due to the mother's higher education or career achievements. Such mothers, due to their higher education level, intellectual level, and income level, have better conditions for raising their children.

After giving birth, the mother resigns to take care of the child at home, which has little impact on the child's score. This seems to make many full-time mothers a bit discouraged, but big data research shows that this is indeed the case.

Isn't it great to broaden one's horizons with children? I don't deny this. In fact, many parents are willing to do this, although it is a worthwhile thing to do. From the data, it is not related to their children's grades.

Related: It is an adopted child.

Unrelated: often beaten.

It is a common phenomenon for families in the United States to adopt children, and many children with disabilities and intellectual disabilities come from China. Because there is no genetic relationship between the intellectual factors of adopted children and their adoptive parents, it is understandable that the performance of adopted children is generally lower than that of biological children.

Surprisingly, the children who are often beaten are not affected by their grades. In the United States, child abuse is a criminal act, but it seems to contradict our ancestral motto of 'good people come from under the stick'. However, we still need to believe in science.

In my personal opinion, when children make serious mistakes, they can be punished by hitting them, otherwise they will suffer a lot in the future. But if you fight frequently, you are suspected of child abuse!

Regarding: Parents participating in parent teacher associations.

Unrelated: I often watch TV.

The previous one is easily accepted by everyone, after all, educating children requires mutual cooperation between parents and teachers to achieve better results. And exchanging parenting experiences between parents can also be helpful in educating their children.

However, regularly watching TV actually has little impact on children's grades, which may go beyond parents' common sense and contradict traditional beliefs. Finland's basic education ranks first globally, and the actual situation is that most children go to school at the age of 7 and are able to recognize many words through television programs before going to school. Moreover, more studies have shown that playing with devices such as computers or iPads does not turn children into geniuses, nor does it affect their academic performance.

Here, we need to seriously condemn "internet addiction" as it has always been nonsense! Especially in previous years, the so-called schools that quit internet addiction were purely a group of scumbags colluding with local education bureaus to cheat money. Deceiving parents and children who lack basic scientific knowledge and using methods such as electric shocks and beatings to torture prisoners to poison teenagers would result in life imprisonment for these animals in the United States!

The so-called "internet addiction" in children is actually the same as adults who enjoy playing mahjong or gambling. It is either boring and panicking, or avoiding reality, both of which are psychological problems that require psychological counseling.

Related: There is a large collection of books at home.

Unrelated: I listen to my parents' books almost every day.

Finally, this issue is a bit more complex. There are many situations regarding the issue of collecting books at home. Some children have a large collection of books at home and enjoy reading, so there is no doubt that there are direct benefits to their Chinese language or science class grades; Some children have a lot of books at home, but they don't like reading. They may prefer playing with toys at home, but their grades are also on par with those who enjoy reading.

Some children, although they do not have a large collection of books at home, enjoy going to the library with their parents to read, and their grades may not even match those of the first two; There are also children who do not have a large collection of books at home and do not go to the library, but their grades may not be lagging behind.

However, based on the results of big data analysis itself - there is a positive correlation between book collection at home and exam scores, which