On May 31, 2020, the first commercial manned rocket in human history was successfully launched, marking the beginning of human commercial spaceflight. SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk, has made history.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man in 2021, founded the American version of “Alipay”, launched rockets, built Tesla electric cars, and proposed a crazy plan to immigrate to Mars. How did this "Iron Man" who wanted to change the universe have such a shining life?

He has said in public many times: "My mother is my hero, and my success comes from her cultivation and influence."

So with the mentality of learning how other mothers raise outstanding children, I opened the book "My Life".

She is a supermodel who has raised three outstanding children. The most famous eldest son is Tesla founder Elon Musk, and the other two children are no less impressive. They have made great achievements in their fields and are worth more than 100 million.

She grew up in a family obsessed with adventure travel. When she was a baby, she started an adventure trip with her parents, sitting on a plane with no GPS or radio, only a canvas-covered single propeller. The plane flew around and passed through more than sixty countries.

She made her first catwalk appearance at the age of 15. She was forced to get married by her ex-boyfriend at the age of 22, and suffered domestic violence for nine years during the marriage. Divorced and bankrupt at the age of 31, he moved to multiple cities in three countries to start his own business, independently raised three outstanding children, and obtained two master's degrees at the same time.

She returned to the modeling stage in her 60s and became popular when her hair turned gray. At the age of 69, her image occupied 4 billboards in Times Square in the United States. At the age of 72, her career reached its peak.

She is Meyer Musk.

In this biography, she opened up her scars very candidly, and told the pain and joy in a self-deprecating and self-deprecating way. The book covers her experience sharing on life adventures, maintaining beauty, maintaining health, good attitude, family education, etc.

Among them, Meyer Musk’s method of educating children is worthy of everyone’s reference and consideration.

01. Teach children the ability to survive independently and learn to take responsibility

Meyer and her twin sister have been helping in their father’s chiropractic clinic since she was 8 years old. They were given corresponding salaries, and their working hours were before the official medical treatment every day. The two sisters took turns and needed to register patients, make tea, and take X-rays until their father started to diagnose and treat patients. Be treated completely like a trustworthy adult.

The way their parents treated them had a profound impact on Meyer's future education of their children. Her children have also started to help her career since they were very young. The youngest daughter can use a typewriter to process letters to doctors, and Elon is good at studying the function of the typewriter. When her daughter was 8 years old, Meyer let her daughter work in the modeling and image school she ran. She was responsible for teaching students how to walk, choreograph shows, etc., and was also the makeup artist for all her shows. The children are her closest relatives and partners.

She raised her children the same way her parents raised them. She did not protect her children too much, so that her children could learn to take responsibility and have the ability to survive independently from an early age. Children have increasingly clear plans for life and are willing to take responsibility for their own future. All three children independently completed applications for college, scholarships and student loans.

As the saying goes, teaching by example speaks louder than words. When she was newly divorced, she was alone with three children. In order to find a shelter for the children and prevent them from starving and freezing, she even gave up one of her children. One bedroom was converted into an office. In order to balance family and work, she sometimes brings her children to the workplace and lets them sit in the front row of the T stage and read a book while she is on the catwalk.

The children saw with their own eyes that their mother still maintained an optimistic and positive attitude and worked hard to provide a place for her family. So when they go to college, they are okay with living in a shabby house with a mattress on the floor.

The child's life has just begun. In order to survive in this uncertain world, he needs to learn to be independent as soon as possible and develop the ability to settle down and live in peace as soon as possible. As a parent, you need to support your children and accompany them to grow together.

02. Interest is the best teacher

Someone asked Meyer how you raise successful children. She said: "Actually, I just let them follow their interests. , I will provide support and encouragement when children need it, and I will speak when they want me to give advice. Usually my answers are short. ”

At Elon. When Musk was young, Meyer had already noticed that he loved reading very much. He would never forget every word he read, and he would absorb knowledge anytime and anywhere, which was equivalent to a "living encyclopedia".

He got his first computer when he was 12 years old. In 1983, computers were still an extremely novel thing. He quickly learned to use a computer and coded a game. Meyer submitted Elon's "Game" article to a computer magazine and received a reward of $500. This issue of the magazine was published when Elon was 13 years old.

Her middle son, Kimball, showed an extraordinary interest in food from an early age. He has been in charge of everyone's meal time and cooking for his family since he was 12 years old. He would go to the supermarket to pick out fresh vegetables that he had never seen before and cook them into delicious dishes. He later changed careers several times, during which he went through quite an inner journey, and finally discovered that catering was his passion. Eventually he founded the non-profit Green Giant, which became the largest and most popular restaurant chain in the United States.

When her daughter was very young, she was a very good actor. She loved drama, dance, acting, and movies very much. She would hang out at every performing arts club. When he grew up, he became a Hollywood film producer and owned a film and television production company.

Interest is always our best teacher. Once you are interested, you will insist on doing it. Even if you encounter setbacks in the process, you will move forward courageously because of your love. What parents should do is to discover their children's talents and loves, provide support, and give appropriate advice when they need help, but the final decision-making power still returns to the children.

03. Lifelong learning, life is not defined by age

When Meyer was 40 years old, in order for her children to learn better, she gave up her stable life and moved her family. Arriving in Toronto, starting over in this strange country. In order to survive in Toronto, she decided to continue practicing as a nutritionist. She was required to sit five undergraduate exams, taking them alongside freshly graduated nutrition students. It was extremely difficult to study all in English, but in the end she passed the exam.

At the age of 48, she came to the United States from Canada. Because the national standards were different, she took another registered dietitian exam. Meyer suffered from severe sciatica. Even though the pain was so painful that she could only lie down and study, she still persisted. In order to maintain her qualifications as a nutritionist, she takes the one-hour nutritionist certification exam 75 times every five years. Until now, she still reads new research documents every day, constantly improving her knowledge reserves, and not being eliminated by the times.

As Duo Buhua, the co-founder of APP, said in the recommendation preface: "The most useful education for children is to let them see you working hard to become a better version of yourself."

Age is no excuse for not learning. The world environment is constantly changing and uncertainties are intensifying. Only lifelong learning is the core competitiveness.

04. Conclusion

Raising children is ultimately a self-cultivation for parents.

As the primary caregiver of children, in addition to providing children with a healthy and safe living environment, we should also pay attention to their physical and mental health development. Only by understanding your child can you treat him better.

No one is born to be a parent, only continuous learning and teaching by example. Parents who achieve their goals and dreams through their own efforts are the best examples for their children.

If you want to raise successful children, push yourself!

Instead of being a "chicken baby", it's better to be a "chicken yourself"!