Le JT de Benjamin Muller - 17/10/2023 - La Maison des maternelles #LMDM

It's time for JT, we settle down in Narwa and we start with the info that is not like you, Agathe, since the info is solidary. Are you proud of yourself? Where does it come from? So, in repetition, I was suggested to do it and all, it's a team effort. Oh, it must be Serge Bonafous who does it. Yes, Serge Bonafous, our director, who even if he doesn't know much, is in solidarity, I don't know how to say it. So, the info is solidary, the reading for all. We make jokes, we can speak French, that's for sure. The reading for all, from today, it's very important, and until November 20th. A great solidarity operation that is organized in France and is called Donner à lire. The principle is the same as the suspended coffee. You know, you go into a bar, you pay a coffee for someone in need who will enjoy it later. Here, it's the same thing, but with a youth book. You pay a book at a partner bookseller who will then give it to the volunteers of the popular rescue, who themselves will give it to a child who has little access to books. Donner à lire will encourage the practice of reading with a distanced audience. It's fantastic, you have to know it. To know the list of booksellers participating, there are all over France. Go to the website libreriesindependante.com We move on to the info, which is like you, Agathe, which is brilliant. Do you know Jennifer Brainy Wallace? Yes. No. Everyone knows her, you should know her. Look, it's her. That's it, it's her. It's her, she's talking to you. Yes, Jen, of course. You recognize her. Jen, who is a researcher at Harvard in the United States, specializing in education issues. She has just conducted an important investigation with thousands of American parents to find out what they specifically asked their children in the evening when they returned from school. Then she analyzes all this and gives us some pretty interesting conclusions on what to say or not to say to help them have better confidence in themselves. First of all, she says, especially, we don't start with that. So, do you have notes today? No. Do we have a lot to do? Yes, I do. I do too. How many notes do you have? That's it. Well, it's not a good idea, she says. It makes the child think that he only exists through his academic achievements. Especially if your child has a bad grade. Boom. He will tell himself that he disappoints you, that he sucks, that he makes mistakes. In short, that he is a total failure. Bravo. There you go. I summarize a little. Jennifer doesn't say it like that, but it's a bit of her idea. No, what she recommends when we get children back from school, is to always ask them very banal questions to put them at ease. Like, what did you eat for lunch? What did you play with today? What do you want to do this weekend? Well, generally, they don't remember what they ate. I don't know anymore. But it doesn't matter. At least, these are harmless questions, she says, that don't stress the child. Put him at ease. Then, later, in a second period, we enter into discussions about academic success or not. By the way, she specifies, this good old Jen, that the culture of academic success can be toxic for self-confidence. So let's try to be careful. Who do we say thank you to? Thank you, Jen. Thank you, Jane. That's good, you followed. Thank you. The info, which is like Anna, it leaves its mark. What if, from today, focus. Our new guide to raise our children was no longer Maria Montessori, but Benjamin Muller, but Arnaud Schwarzenegger. Oh! That's it. We had to think about it. Schwarzy. Yes, Arnaud Schwarzenegger. It may seem surprising, but the cult interpreter of Terminator just gave an interview to the American TV, which makes a lot of noise in the middle of the puriculture, outside of the Atlantic. So, Arnaud Schwarzenegger explains how he raised his four children. In fact, he has five children, but the fifth he had with a member of his staff at home. He doesn't talk about it much. So, they raised him, if you will. But we're not here to judge. After all, we have the right to have children with whom we want. We're not here to judge. So, his advice... Skipping. This is what we call a controlled skipping. Holy Terminator. So, his education advice, overall, we are at the hard. A few examples. That is, from an early age, children had to, he says, make their beds, take their showers, their toilets, wash their clothes themselves. And if one of them didn't follow the instructions, the sanction was radical. One day, my son Patrick, he says, didn't make his bed anymore. So, I threw his mattress, his blankets and his pillows in the pool. It was Patrick who had to manage to go get everything, dry everything and put everything back in its place. And then, explains Schwarzy, he always made his bed. I'm surprised. Well, yes, it works, the dressing. Another example. His daughter let her shoes drag in the entrance. We all have children who let their shoes drag in the entrance. What does Schwarzy do? He takes the shoes and throws them all in the fireplace. When she is, of course, with a fire in it. Maybe he has the means to buy more and more sneakers. That's it. So, the shoes didn't drag anymore. And that, Schwarzy, he's strong. No, they were in smoke. Last anecdote. Like one of his sons, he always forgot to turn off the light. Arthur, Arnold, removed all the bulbs from the room. So, the kid had to live in the dark, which was a bit traumatic, knowing that he was only five years old. This child, so, Arnold, so, We lost Anna there. So, he never forgot to turn off the light again. Maybe a little radical, some will say. We are far from Marianne Montessori. I'll let you think about it. 41555 if Arnold inspires you. Yes. Well, listen, we're going to get inspired by Montessori. Yes. We're going to do that. I like Arnold. Really? The Terminator with the kids, it's not bad. You too? You light firecrackers as soon as something happens. Of course, it's totally my style. Here's a sweater, an anorak. It's crazy. It's totally my style. Thank you very much.