TED演讲:我从全职奶爸经历中学到的知识(4)

 See, I knew nothing about being a stay-at-home parent, and once I embraced¹ the fact that I knew nothing, 所以说，我对做全职育儿一无所知，而一旦我接受了，一无所知这个事实，

I began to learn from my new managers. 我开始从新的领导那里学习。

And I always was told that as a stay-at-home parent, you get no sleep. 我总是被告知做一个全职奶爸，你连觉都没得睡。

Or as a parent in general, you get no sleep. 就算一般的父母，你也不能睡个好觉。

But that's not true, because if you sleep when they do, you actually can get some sleep. 但并不是那样，因为你可以在他们睡着时候睡觉，所以你实际上还是能睡会的。

You know what else I thought as a stay-at-home parent? 你们知道还有什么全职奶爸的体会吗？

I though I knew that the best way to teach kids right from wrong was to discipline² them, 我本以为教他们是非对错的最佳方式是给他们定规矩，

because that would make sure they understood right from wrong, the pain, the fear -- that would teach them. 因为规矩可以让他们理解对错，知道疼了就会害怕--下次就老实了。

But the truth is, the best way to teach my children right from wrong is to teach them. 但真相是，教他们对错最好的办法是去引导他们。

Take out a whiteboard and draw pictures and make connections that they can understand. 拿出小白板画一些图并且做连线游戏这样他们就明白了。

That was the best way. A lot of these images you're seeing are coming from my YouTube channel, "Beleaf in Fatherhood." 这是最好的方式。你们刚才看到很多场景来自我的YouTube频道，“父亲之信仰”。

I document the misadventures of being a stay-at-home dad. 我记录下做一个全职奶爸的遭遇。

And it's not perfect, it's just showing that I'm trying. 一点也不完美，只是说明我在努力尝试。

And I'm not trying to be an example but just proof³ that it's possible for whoever⁴ else is doing this. 我并不想要做一个模范，只是想证明其它人也可以做到。

You know what I also knew about being a stay-at-home parent? 你们知道做一个全职奶爸我还有什么体会？

I knew that children needed love, but I just didn't know what love looked like. 我知道孩子们需要爱，但我只是不太懂该怎样爱。

 

1 embraced   

拥抱( embrace的过去式和过去分词 )； 包括； 包含； 接受

参考例句：

• They embraced and promised to keep in touch. 他们互相拥抱，许诺将保持联系。
• She embraced my offer to go to the hospital. 她接受了我的建议去看医生。

2 discipline   

n.纪律，风纪，训练，训诫；教养，修养，学科

参考例句：

• She needs the discipline of having to write an essay every week.她需要进行每周写一篇文章的训练。
• Everyone should keep discipline and you are no exception.每个人都应该遵守纪律,你也毫无例外。

3 proof   

adj.防...的，耐...的，能防护；n.校样，证据，证明；vt.检验，给...做防护措施

参考例句：

• He is living proof of the wonders of modern medicine.他是当代医学奇迹的活证明。
• The proof was fished up from some old papers.校样在旧文件中被找到了。

4 whoever   

pron.无论谁，不管谁；任何人

参考例句：

• I'll find the person who did this,whoever he is.我要找出干这件事的人，不管他是谁。
• Whoever does best will get the prize.谁做得最出色谁就得奖。